#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
RGBrgb(109, 141, 173)
HSLhsl(210, 28%, 55%)
HSVhsv(210, 37%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(37%, 18.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(57.38, -3.06, -20.42)
CIE-LCHlch(57.38, 20.65, 261.49°)
OKLaboklab(63.12% -0.0218 -0.0564)
OKLCHoklch(63.12% 0.06 248.8)
XYZxyz(23.3720, 25.3169, 43.1822)
Luminance0.2532 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##6D8DAD1.003.466.066.06
#FFFFFF3.461.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0621.001.001.00
##0000006.0621.001.001.00

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

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#6D8DAD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva