Soft Blue#6488EA

#6488EA is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.152 H 266.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Soft Blue — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#6488EA
RGB	rgb(100, 136, 234)
HSL	hsl(224, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(224, 57%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 41.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.28, 16.07, -53.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.28, 55.79, 286.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.6% -0.0081 -0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(64.6% 0.152 266.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9060, 26.2559, 81.3706)
Luminance	0.2626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6488EA #EAC664

analogous

#64CBEA #6488EA #8364EA

triadic

#6488EA #EA6488 #88EA64

tetradic

#6488EA #EA64CB #EAC664 #64EA83

square

#6488EA #EA64CB #EAC664 #64EA83

split-complementary

#6488EA #EA8364 #CBEA64

monochromatic

#1945BA #2E5FE3 #6488EA #9AB1F1 #D0DBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#6488EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#6488EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6488EA

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6488EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6488EA	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D93EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B86E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6488ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 136, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.152 266.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9aaaf1',
    500: '#6488ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6488ea;
$custom-light: #9aaaf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6488ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.881,
    "s": 76.136,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64595,
    "c": 0.15219,
    "h": 266.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6488EA

secondary

#EBDFBE

accent

#A20DD8

background

#FAFAFE

surface

#F3F4FD

border

#CDCED5

text

#0F1017

muted

#7F7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #6488EA

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

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