#6495EB#6495EB

#6495EB is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.139 H 261.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6495EB
RGB	rgb(100, 149, 235)
HSL	hsl(218, 77%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(218, 57%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 36.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.83, 8.69, -48.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.83, 49.13, 280.19°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% -0.0217 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.139 261)
XYZ	xyz(30.9932, 30.1998, 82.7770)
Luminance	0.3020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6495EB #EBBA64

analogous

#64D9EB #6495EB #7664EB

triadic

#6495EB #EB6495 #95EB64

tetradic

#6495EB #EB64D9 #EBBA64 #64EB76

square

#6495EB #EB64D9 #EBBA64 #64EB76

split-complementary

#6495EB #EB7664 #D9EB64

monochromatic

#1854BC #2E70E4 #6495EB #9ABAF2 #D0DFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#6495EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#6495EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6495EB

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6495EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6495EB	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#719CEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6090E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6495eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 149, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.139 261.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ab3f2',
    500: '#6495eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6495eb;
$custom-light: #9ab3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6495eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.222,
    "s": 77.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67352,
    "c": 0.13869,
    "h": 261
  },
  "luminance": 0.30202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6495EB

secondary

#ECDCBF

accent

#8F0CD9

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F3F6FD

border

#CDD0D5

text

#0F1117

muted

#7F8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #6495EB

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

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