#6491CE#6491CE

#6491CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.104 H 256.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6491CE
RGB	rgb(100, 145, 206)
HSL	hsl(215, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(215, 51%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 29.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, 1.90, -36.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 36.14, 273.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% -0.0248 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.104 256.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5177, 27.4144, 62.2747)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6491CE #CEA164

analogous

#64C6CE #6491CE #6C64CE

triadic

#6491CE #CE6491 #91CE64

tetradic

#6491CE #CE64C6 #CEA164 #64CE6C

square

#6491CE #CE64C6 #CEA164 #64CE6C

split-complementary

#6491CE #CE6C64 #C6CE64

monochromatic

#2C558C #3B71BA #6491CE #92B2DD #C1D3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#6491CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#6491CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6491CE

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6491CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6491CE	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7995D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8ACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F9FA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6491ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 145, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.104 256.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96b1dd',
    500: '#6491ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6491ce;
$custom-light: #96b1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6491ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.528,
    "s": 51.961,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64979,
    "c": 0.10432,
    "h": 256.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6491CE

secondary

#DBCAB2

accent

#9F4CDB

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F2F4FB

border

#CCCED4

text

#0E1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6491CE

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

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