#6495EC#6495EC

#6495EC is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.140 H 261.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6495EC
RGB	rgb(100, 149, 236)
HSL	hsl(218, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(218, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 36.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.88, 9.01, -48.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.88, 49.65, 280.46°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% -0.0215 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.14 261.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1381, 30.2577, 83.5400)
Luminance	0.3026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6495EC #ECBB64

analogous

#64D9EC #6495EC #7764EC

triadic

#6495EC #EC6495 #95EC64

tetradic

#6495EC #EC64D9 #ECBB64 #64EC77

square

#6495EC #EC64D9 #ECBB64 #64EC77

split-complementary

#6495EC #EC7764 #D9EC64

monochromatic

#1753BE #2D70E5 #6495EC #9BBAF3 #D1E0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#6495EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#6495EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6495EC

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6495EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6495EC	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#719CF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F90EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6495ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 149, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.140 261.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6495ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.382,
    "s": 78.161,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67407,
    "c": 0.14002,
    "h": 261.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6495EC

secondary

#ECDCBF

accent

#900BDA

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F3F6FD

border

#CDD0D5

text

#0F1117

muted

#7F8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #6495EC

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

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