#6495BF#6495BF

#6495BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.082 H 245.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6495BF
RGB	rgb(100, 149, 191)
HSL	hsl(208, 42%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(208, 48%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 22%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, -4.89, -26.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 27.32, 259.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% -0.0343 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.082 245.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4037, 27.9640, 53.3391)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6495BF #BF8E64

analogous

#64BFBC #6495BF #6468BF

triadic

#6495BF #BF6495 #95BF64

tetradic

#6495BF #BC64BF #BF8E64 #68BF64

square

#6495BF #BC64BF #BF8E64 #68BF64

split-complementary

#6495BF #BF6468 #BFBC64

monochromatic

#315777 #4377A3 #6495BF #8FB3D1 #BBD0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#6495BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#6495BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6495BF

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6495BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6495BF	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8495C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788CBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B9FA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6495bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 149, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.082 245.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95b4d2',
    500: '#6495bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6495bf;
$custom-light: #95b4d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6495bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.692,
    "s": 41.553,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65164,
    "c": 0.08231,
    "h": 245.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6495BF

secondary

#D2BEAD

accent

#8F56D1

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F6F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0E1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #6495BF

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

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