#6495EF#6495EF

#6495EF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.144 H 261.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6495EF
RGB	rgb(100, 149, 239)
HSL	hsl(219, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(219, 58%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 37.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.03, 9.98, -50.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.03, 51.22, 281.23°)
OKLab	oklab(67.57% -0.0208 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(67.57% 0.144 261.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5776, 30.4335, 85.8548)
Luminance	0.3044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6495EF #EFBE64

analogous

#64DBEF #6495EF #7964EF

triadic

#6495EF #EF6495 #95EF64

tetradic

#6495EF #EF64DB #EFBE64 #64EF79

square

#6495EF #EF64DB #EFBE64 #64EF79

split-complementary

#6495EF #EF7964 #DBEF64

monochromatic

#1452C4 #2D6FE9 #6495EF #9BBBF5 #D3E1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#6495EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#6495EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6495EF

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6495EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6495EF	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F9DF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D90ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6495ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 149, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.144 261.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6495ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.849,
    "s": 81.287,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67573,
    "c": 0.14402,
    "h": 261.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6495EF

secondary

#EEDEC1

accent

#9208DE

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F3F6FD

border

#CDD0D5

text

#0F1117

muted

#7F8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #6495EF

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

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