#6495DD#6495DD

#6495DD is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.120 H 257.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6495DD
RGB	rgb(100, 149, 221)
HSL	hsl(216, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(216, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 32.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.15, 4.24, -41.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.15, 41.87, 275.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% -0.0252 -0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.12 257.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0496, 29.4224, 72.5409)
Luminance	0.2943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6495DD #DDAC64

analogous

#64D2DD #6495DD #6F64DD

triadic

#6495DD #DD6495 #95DD64

tetradic

#6495DD #DD64D2 #DDAC64 #64DD6F

square

#6495DD #DD64D2 #DDAC64 #64DD6F

split-complementary

#6495DD #DD6F64 #D2DD64

monochromatic

#2457A3 #3273D2 #6495DD #96B7E8 #C8DAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#6495DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#6495DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6495DD

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6495DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6495DD	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789AE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#698EDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15A5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6495dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 149, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.120 257.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98b3e8',
    500: '#6495dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6495dd;
$custom-light: #98b3e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6495dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.702,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66607,
    "c": 0.12013,
    "h": 257.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6495DD

secondary

#E4D3B9

accent

#841ACC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #6495DD

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

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