#6495DC#6495DC

#6495DC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.119 H 257.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6495DC
RGB	rgb(100, 149, 220)
HSL	hsl(216, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(216, 55%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 32.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.11, 3.93, -41.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.11, 41.36, 275.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.56% -0.0255 -0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(66.56% 0.119 257.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9168, 29.3692, 71.8413)
Luminance	0.2937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6495DC #DCAB64

analogous

#64D1DC #6495DC #6F64DC

triadic

#6495DC #DC6495 #95DC64

tetradic

#6495DC #DC64D1 #DCAB64 #64DC6F

square

#6495DC #DC64D1 #DCAB64 #64DC6F

split-complementary

#6495DC #DC6F64 #D1DC64

monochromatic

#2457A1 #3273D1 #6495DC #96B7E7 #C8D9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#6495DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#6495DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6495DC

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6495DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6495DC	1.00	3.05	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789ADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#698EDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18A5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6495dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 149, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.119 257.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98b3e7',
    500: '#6495dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6495dc;
$custom-light: #98b3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6495dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66556,
    "c": 0.11882,
    "h": 257.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6495DC

secondary

#E4D2B8

accent

#831BCB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #6495DC

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

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