#6CAEE8#6CAEE8

#6CAEE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.108 H 246.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CAEE8
RGB	rgb(108, 174, 232)
HSL	hsl(208, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(208, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 25%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -4.83, -35.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 35.83, 262.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0433 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.108 246.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8807, 39.2835, 82.0199)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CAEE8 #E8A66C

analogous

#6CE8E4 #6CAEE8 #6C70E8

triadic

#6CAEE8 #E86CAE #AEE86C

tetradic

#6CAEE8 #E46CE8 #E8A66C #70E86C

square

#6CAEE8 #E46CE8 #E8A66C #70E86C

split-complementary

#6CAEE8 #E86C70 #E8E46C

monochromatic

#1D72BC #3791E0 #6CAEE8 #A1CBF0 #D6E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#6CAEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#6CAEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CAEE8

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CAEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CAEE8	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A3E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CBCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6caee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 174, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.108 246.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec6ef',
    500: '#6caee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6caee8;
$custom-light: #9ec6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6caee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.065,
    "s": 72.941,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72989,
    "c": 0.10843,
    "h": 246.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CAEE8

secondary

#ECD7C4

accent

#6C10D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CAEE8

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

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