#6495DF#6495DF

#6495DF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.123 H 258.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6495DF
RGB	rgb(100, 149, 223)
HSL	hsl(216, 66%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(216, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 33.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.25, 4.87, -42.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.25, 42.90, 276.52°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% -0.0247 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.123 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3176, 29.5296, 73.9526)
Luminance	0.2953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6495DF #DFAE64

analogous

#64D2DF #6495DF #7064DF

triadic

#6495DF #DF6495 #95DF64

tetradic

#6495DF #DF64D2 #DFAE64 #64DF70

square

#6495DF #DF64D2 #DFAE64 #64DF70

split-complementary

#6495DF #DF7064 #D2DF64

monochromatic

#2257A6 #3172D5 #6495DF #97B8E9 #C9DAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#6495DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#6495DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6495DF

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6495DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6495DF	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#779AE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688FDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10A5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6495df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 149, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.123 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98b3e9',
    500: '#6495df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6495df;
$custom-light: #98b3e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6495df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.098,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66711,
    "c": 0.12278,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6495DF

secondary

#E5D4B9

accent

#8518CE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #6495DF

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

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