#6495F6#6495F6

#6495F6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.153 H 262.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6495F6
RGB	rgb(100, 149, 246)
HSL	hsl(220, 89%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(220, 59%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 39.4%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.39, 12.24, -53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.39, 54.91, 282.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.97% -0.0194 -0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(67.97% 0.153 262.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6318, 30.8552, 91.4069)
Luminance	0.3086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6495F6 #F6C564

analogous

#64DEF6 #6495F6 #7C64F6

triadic

#6495F6 #F66495 #95F664

tetradic

#6495F6 #F664DE #F6C564 #64F67C

square

#6495F6 #F664DE #F6C564 #64F67C

split-complementary

#6495F6 #F67C64 #DEF664

monochromatic

#0C4FD3 #2A6DF3 #6495F6 #9EBDF9 #D8E4FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#6495F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#6495F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6495F6

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6495F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6495F6	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B9EFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5791F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6495f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 149, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.153 262.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bb3f9',
    500: '#6495f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6495f6;
$custom-light: #9bb3f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6495f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.863,
    "s": 89.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67968,
    "c": 0.15334,
    "h": 262.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6495F6

secondary

#F1E2C4

accent

#9800E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F6FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#0F1117

muted

#7F8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #6495F6

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

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