#6CAEE6#6CAEE6

#6CAEE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.106 H 245.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CAEE6
RGB	rgb(108, 174, 230)
HSL	hsl(208, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(208, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 24.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -5.43, -34.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 34.96, 261.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0439 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.106 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5982, 39.1705, 80.5323)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CAEE6 #E6A46C

analogous

#6CE6E1 #6CAEE6 #6C71E6

triadic

#6CAEE6 #E66CAE #AEE66C

tetradic

#6CAEE6 #E16CE6 #E6A46C #71E66C

square

#6CAEE6 #E16CE6 #E6A46C #71E66C

split-complementary

#6CAEE6 #E66C71 #E6E16C

monochromatic

#1F72B8 #3891DD #6CAEE6 #A0CBEF #D5E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#6CAEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#6CAEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CAEE6

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CAEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CAEE6	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AFE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20BBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6caee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 174, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.106 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec6ee',
    500: '#6caee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6caee6;
$custom-light: #9ec6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6caee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.541,
    "s": 70.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72898,
    "c": 0.10615,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CAEE6

secondary

#EBD5C3

accent

#6B13D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CAEE6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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