#6CAEE9#6CAEE9

#6CAEE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.110 H 246.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6CAEE9
RGB	rgb(108, 174, 233)
HSL	hsl(208, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(208, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 25.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -4.53, -35.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 36.27, 262.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.043 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.11 246.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.0231, 39.3405, 82.7701)
Luminance	0.3934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6CAEE9 #E9A76C

analogous

#6CE9E5 #6CAEE9 #6C70E9

triadic

#6CAEE9 #E96CAE #AEE96C

tetradic

#6CAEE9 #E56CE9 #E9A76C #70E96C

square

#6CAEE9 #E56CE9 #E9A76C #70E96C

split-complementary

#6CAEE9 #E96C70 #E9E56C

monochromatic

#1C72BE #3791E1 #6CAEE9 #A1CBF1 #D6E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#6CAEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#6CAEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6CAEE9

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6CAEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6CAEE9	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A3E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1ABCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6caee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 174, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.110 246.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec6f0',
    500: '#6caee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6caee9;
$custom-light: #9ec6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6caee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.32,
    "s": 73.964,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73035,
    "c": 0.10958,
    "h": 246.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6CAEE9

secondary

#ECD7C4

accent

#6D0FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6CAEE9

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

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