#6495EE#6495EE

#6495EE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.143 H 261.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6495EE
RGB	rgb(100, 149, 238)
HSL	hsl(219, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(219, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 37.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.98, 9.65, -49.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.98, 50.70, 280.98°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% -0.0211 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.143 261.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4302, 30.3746, 85.0789)
Luminance	0.3038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6495EE #EEBD64

analogous

#64DAEE #6495EE #7864EE

triadic

#6495EE #EE6495 #95EE64

tetradic

#6495EE #EE64DA #EEBD64 #64EE78

square

#6495EE #EE64DA #EEBD64 #64EE78

split-complementary

#6495EE #EE7864 #DAEE64

monochromatic

#1553C2 #2D6FE8 #6495EE #9BBBF4 #D2E0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#6495EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#6495EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6495EE

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6495EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6495EE	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#709DF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D90EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6495ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 149, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.143 261.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ab3f4',
    500: '#6495ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6495ee;
$custom-light: #9ab3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6495ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.696,
    "s": 80.233,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67518,
    "c": 0.14268,
    "h": 261.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6495EE

secondary

#EDDDC0

accent

#9109DD

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F3F6FD

border

#CDD0D5

text

#0F1117

muted

#7F8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #6495EE

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

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