#6495CA#6495CA

#6495CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.096 H 251.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6495CA
RGB	rgb(100, 149, 202)
HSL	hsl(211, 49%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(211, 50%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 26.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.31, -1.61, -32.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.31, 32.40, 267.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.67% -0.0307 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(65.67% 0.096 251.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6600, 28.4665, 59.9554)
Luminance	0.2847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6495CA #CA9964

analogous

#64C8CA #6495CA #6664CA

triadic

#6495CA #CA6495 #95CA64

tetradic

#6495CA #CA64C8 #CA9964 #64CA66

square

#6495CA #CA64C8 #CA9964 #64CA66

split-complementary

#6495CA #CA6664 #C8CA64

monochromatic

#2E5886 #3D76B3 #6495CA #92B4DA #BFD3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#6495CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#6495CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6495CA

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6495CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6495CA	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8097CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738DC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32A1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6495ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 149, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.096 251.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96b4da',
    500: '#6495ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6495ca;
$custom-light: #96b4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6495ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.176,
    "s": 49.038,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65668,
    "c": 0.09563,
    "h": 251.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6495CA

secondary

#D9C6B1

accent

#974FD9

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FA

border

#CCD0D3

text

#0E1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #6495CA

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

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