#6495CD#6495CD

#6495CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.099 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6495CD
RGB	rgb(100, 149, 205)
HSL	hsl(212, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(212, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 27.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.44, -0.71, -33.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.44, 33.85, 268.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% -0.0298 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.099 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0186, 28.6100, 61.8443)
Luminance	0.2861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6495CD #CD9C64

analogous

#64CACD #6495CD #6764CD

triadic

#6495CD #CD6495 #95CD64

tetradic

#6495CD #CD64CA #CD9C64 #64CD67

square

#6495CD #CD64CA #CD9C64 #64CD67

split-complementary

#6495CD #CD6764 #CACD64

monochromatic

#2D588A #3B76B8 #6495CD #92B5DC #C1D4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#6495CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#6495CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6495CD

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6495CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6495CD	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F97CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EA2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6495cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 149, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.099 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96b3dc',
    500: '#6495cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6495cd;
$custom-light: #96b3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6495cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65811,
    "c": 0.0994,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6495CD

secondary

#DBC8B2

accent

#994DDB

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #6495CD

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

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