#6496BE#6496BE

#6496BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.081 H 243.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6496BE
RGB	rgb(100, 150, 190)
HSL	hsl(207, 41%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(207, 47%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 21.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.10, -5.75, -25.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.10, 26.56, 257.50°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% -0.0358 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.081 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.4529, 28.2379, 52.8144)
Luminance	0.2824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6496BE #BE8C64

analogous

#64BEB9 #6496BE #6469BE

triadic

#6496BE #BE6496 #96BE64

tetradic

#6496BE #B964BE #BE8C64 #69BE64

square

#6496BE #B964BE #BE8C64 #69BE64

split-complementary

#6496BE #BE6469 #BEB964

monochromatic

#325876 #4478A1 #6496BE #8FB3D0 #BAD0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#6496BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#6496BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6496BE

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6496BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6496BE	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8596C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3CA0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6496be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 150, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.081 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95b4d1',
    500: '#6496be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6496be;
$custom-light: #95b4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6496be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 40.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65345,
    "c": 0.08054,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6496BE

secondary

#D1BDAD

accent

#8D57D1

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F6F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0E1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #6496BE

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

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