#6495E4#6495E4

#6495E4 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.129 H 259.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6495E4
RGB	rgb(100, 149, 228)
HSL	hsl(217, 70%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(217, 56%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 34.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.48, 6.46, -45.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.48, 45.48, 278.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66.97% -0.0234 -0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(66.97% 0.129 259.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0017, 29.8032, 77.5553)
Luminance	0.2981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6495E4 #E4B364

analogous

#64D5E4 #6495E4 #7364E4

triadic

#6495E4 #E46495 #95E464

tetradic

#6495E4 #E464D5 #E4B364 #64E473

square

#6495E4 #E464D5 #E4B364 #64E473

split-complementary

#6495E4 #E47364 #D5E464

monochromatic

#1F56AF #3071DB #6495E4 #98B9ED #CCDCF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#6495E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#6495E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6495E4

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6495E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6495E4	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759BE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#648FE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6495e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 149, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.129 259.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99b3ed',
    500: '#6495e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6495e4;
$custom-light: #99b3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6495e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.031,
    "s": 70.33,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66974,
    "c": 0.1294,
    "h": 259.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6495E4

secondary

#E8D7BC

accent

#8913D2

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0F1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #6495E4

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

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