#6495DB#6495DB

#6495DB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.117 H 257.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6495DB
RGB	rgb(100, 149, 219)
HSL	hsl(215, 62%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(215, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 32%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.06, 3.62, -40.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.06, 40.85, 275.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.51% -0.0257 -0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(66.51% 0.118 257.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7847, 29.3164, 71.1459)
Luminance	0.2932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6495DB #DBAA64

analogous

#64D1DB #6495DB #6E64DB

triadic

#6495DB #DB6495 #95DB64

tetradic

#6495DB #DB64D1 #DBAA64 #64DB6E

square

#6495DB #DB64D1 #DBAA64 #64DB6E

split-complementary

#6495DB #DB6E64 #D1DB64

monochromatic

#2557A0 #3273CF #6495DB #96B7E7 #C7D9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#6495DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#6495DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6495DB

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6495DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6495DB	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#799ADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A8EDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AA5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6495db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 149, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.117 257.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98b3e6',
    500: '#6495db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6495db;
$custom-light: #98b3e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6495db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.294,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66505,
    "c": 0.1175,
    "h": 257.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6495DB

secondary

#E3D1B8

accent

#821BCA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #6495DB

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

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