#6495E5#6495E5

#6495E5 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.131 H 259.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6495E5
RGB	rgb(100, 149, 229)
HSL	hsl(217, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(217, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 34.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.53, 6.77, -45.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.53, 46.00, 278.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.03% -0.0232 -0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(67.03% 0.131 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1409, 29.8589, 78.2885)
Luminance	0.2986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6495E5 #E5B464

analogous

#64D6E5 #6495E5 #7364E5

triadic

#6495E5 #E56495 #95E564

tetradic

#6495E5 #E564D6 #E5B464 #64E573

square

#6495E5 #E564D6 #E5B464 #64E573

split-complementary

#6495E5 #E57364 #D6E564

monochromatic

#1E56B1 #3071DC #6495E5 #98B9EE #CDDDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#6495E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#6495E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6495E5

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6495E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6495E5	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749BE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#648FE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6495e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 149, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.131 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99b3ed',
    500: '#6495e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6495e5;
$custom-light: #99b3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6495e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.209,
    "s": 71.271,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67028,
    "c": 0.13072,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6495E5

secondary

#E9D8BC

accent

#8A12D3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0F1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #6495E5

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

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