#6495CB#6495CB

#6495CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.097 H 251.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6495CB
RGB	rgb(100, 149, 203)
HSL	hsl(211, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(211, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 26.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.35, -1.31, -32.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.35, 32.88, 267.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% -0.0304 -0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.097 251.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7787, 28.5140, 60.5810)
Luminance	0.2852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6495CB #CB9A64

analogous

#64C9CB #6495CB #6764CB

triadic

#6495CB #CB6495 #95CB64

tetradic

#6495CB #CB64C9 #CB9A64 #64CB67

square

#6495CB #CB64C9 #CB9A64 #64CB67

split-complementary

#6495CB #CB6764 #C9CB64

monochromatic

#2D5887 #3D76B5 #6495CB #92B4DA #C0D4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#6495CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#6495CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6495CB

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6495CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6495CB	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F97CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728DCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31A1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6495cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 149, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.097 251.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96b4db',
    500: '#6495cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6495cb;
$custom-light: #96b4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6495cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.456,
    "s": 49.758,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65715,
    "c": 0.09688,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6495CB

secondary

#D9C6B1

accent

#974FD9

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #6495CB

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

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