#6D8AAE#6D8AAE

#6D8AAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.064 H 254.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D8AAE
RGB	rgb(109, 138, 174)
HSL	hsl(213, 29%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(213, 37%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 20.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.57, -1.07, -22.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.57, 22.26, 267.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% -0.0175 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.064 254.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.0327, 24.4830, 43.5483)
Luminance	0.2448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D8AAE #AE916D

analogous

#6DAAAE #6D8AAE #706DAE

triadic

#6D8AAE #AE6D8A #8AAE6D

tetradic

#6D8AAE #AE6DAA #AE916D #6DAE70

square

#6D8AAE #AE6DAA #AE916D #6DAE70

split-complementary

#6D8AAE #AE706D #AAAE6D

monochromatic

#394E67 #4F6B8F #6D8AAE #94AAC4 #BCC9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#6D8AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#6D8AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6D8AAE

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D8AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6D8AAE	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7585AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#589296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d8aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 138, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.064 254.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99acc6',
    500: '#6d8aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d8aae;
$custom-light: #99acc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d8aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.231,
    "s": 28.634,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62491,
    "c": 0.06394,
    "h": 254.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D8AAE

secondary

#C9BDAE

accent

#9963C5

background

#F9FAFC

surface

#F2F4F8

border

#CCCED1

text

#0E1013

muted

#7E7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D8AAE

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

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