#6D8DAD#6D8DAD

#6D8DAD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.060 H 248.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D8DAD
RGB	rgb(109, 141, 173)
HSL	hsl(210, 28%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 37%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 18.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.38, -3.06, -20.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.38, 20.65, 261.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% -0.0218 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.06 248.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.3720, 25.3169, 43.1822)
Luminance	0.2532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D8DAD #AD8D6D

analogous

#6DADAD #6D8DAD #6D6DAD

triadic

#6D8DAD #AD6D8D #8DAD6D

tetradic

#6D8DAD #AD6DAD #AD8D6D #6DAD6D

square

#6D8DAD #AD6DAD #AD8D6D #6DAD6D

split-complementary

#6D8DAD #AD6D6D #ADAD6D

monochromatic

#395066 #4F6E8D #6D8DAD #94ACC3 #BBCAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#6D8DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#6D8DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6D8DAD

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D8DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6D8DAD	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818DAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7987AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#589498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d8dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 141, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.060 248.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99aec5',
    500: '#6d8dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d8dad;
$custom-light: #99aec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d8dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 28.07,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63119,
    "c": 0.06045,
    "h": 248.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D8DAD

secondary

#C8BBAE

accent

#9463C4

background

#F9FAFC

surface

#F2F4F8

border

#CCCED1

text

#0E1013

muted

#7E7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D8DAD

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

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