#6495EA#6495EA

#6495EA is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.137 H 260.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6495EA
RGB	rgb(100, 149, 234)
HSL	hsl(218, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(218, 57%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 36.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.78, 8.37, -47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.78, 48.60, 279.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.3% -0.022 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(67.3% 0.137 260.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8491, 30.1422, 82.0183)
Luminance	0.3014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6495EA #EAB964

analogous

#64D8EA #6495EA #7664EA

triadic

#6495EA #EA6495 #95EA64

tetradic

#6495EA #EA64D8 #EAB964 #64EA76

square

#6495EA #EA64D8 #EAB964 #64EA76

split-complementary

#6495EA #EA7664 #D8EA64

monochromatic

#1954BA #2E70E3 #6495EA #9ABAF1 #D0DFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#6495EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#6495EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6495EA

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6495EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6495EA	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#729CED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6090E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6495ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 149, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.137 260.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ab3f1',
    500: '#6495ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6495ea;
$custom-light: #9ab3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6495ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.06,
    "s": 76.136,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67298,
    "c": 0.13737,
    "h": 260.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6495EA

secondary

#EBDBBE

accent

#8E0DD8

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F3F6FD

border

#CDD0D5

text

#0F1117

muted

#7F8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #6495EA

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

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