#6495BB#6495BB

#6495BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.078 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6495BB
RGB	rgb(100, 149, 187)
HSL	hsl(206, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(206, 47%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 20.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, -6.06, -24.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 25.59, 256.30°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% -0.0357 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.078 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.9695, 27.7903, 51.0524)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6495BB #BB8A64

analogous

#64BBB6 #6495BB #646ABB

triadic

#6495BB #BB6495 #95BB64

tetradic

#6495BB #B664BB #BB8A64 #6ABB64

square

#6495BB #B664BB #BB8A64 #6ABB64

split-complementary

#6495BB #BB646A #BBB664

monochromatic

#325672 #45769D #6495BB #8FB2CE #B9CFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#6495BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#6495BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6495BB

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6495BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6495BB	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8595BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E9EA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6495bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 149, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.078 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94b4cf',
    500: '#6495bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6495bb;
$custom-light: #94b4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6495bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.207,
    "s": 39.013,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64987,
    "c": 0.07774,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6495BB

secondary

#CFBBAB

accent

#8C59CF

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F6F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0E1113

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #6495BB

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

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