#6495E7#6495E7

#6495E7 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.133 H 260.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6495E7
RGB	rgb(100, 149, 231)
HSL	hsl(218, 73%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(218, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 35.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.63, 7.41, -46.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.63, 47.04, 279.06°)
OKLab	oklab(67.14% -0.0227 -0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(67.14% 0.133 260.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4218, 29.9712, 79.7677)
Luminance	0.2997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6495E7 #E7B664

analogous

#64D7E7 #6495E7 #7464E7

triadic

#6495E7 #E76495 #95E764

tetradic

#6495E7 #E764D7 #E7B664 #64E774

square

#6495E7 #E764D7 #E7B664 #64E774

split-complementary

#6495E7 #E77464 #D7E764

monochromatic

#1C55B5 #2F71DF #6495E7 #99B9EF #CEDDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#6495E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#6495E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6495E7

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6495E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6495E7	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739CEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#628FE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6495e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 149, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.133 260.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99b3ef',
    500: '#6495e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6495e7;
$custom-light: #99b3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6495e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.557,
    "s": 73.184,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67135,
    "c": 0.13337,
    "h": 260.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6495E7

secondary

#EAD9BD

accent

#8C10D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0F1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #6495E7

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

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