#6496C8#6496C8

#6496C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.092 H 249.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6496C8
RGB	rgb(100, 150, 200)
HSL	hsl(210, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(210, 50%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 25%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.51, -2.79, -30.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.51, 31.06, 264.85°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% -0.0325 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.092 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5836, 28.6902, 58.7693)
Luminance	0.2869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6496C8 #C89664

analogous

#64C8C8 #6496C8 #6464C8

triadic

#6496C8 #C86496 #96C864

tetradic

#6496C8 #C864C8 #C89664 #64C864

square

#6496C8 #C864C8 #C89664 #64C864

split-complementary

#6496C8 #C86464 #C8C864

monochromatic

#2F5983 #3F77B0 #6496C8 #91B5D8 #BED3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#6496C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#6496C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6496C8

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6496C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6496C8	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8297CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758DC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33A2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6496c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 150, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.092 249.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96b4d9',
    500: '#6496c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6496c8;
$custom-light: #96b4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6496c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65797,
    "c": 0.09236,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6496C8

secondary

#D8C4B0

accent

#9451D7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FA

border

#CCD0D3

text

#0E1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #6496C8

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

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