#6496CB#6496CB

#6496CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.096 H 250.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6496CB
RGB	rgb(100, 150, 203)
HSL	hsl(211, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(211, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 26.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.63, -1.88, -32.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.63, 32.47, 266.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% -0.0316 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.096 250.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9376, 28.8318, 60.6339)
Luminance	0.2883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6496CB #CB9964

analogous

#64C9CB #6496CB #6664CB

triadic

#6496CB #CB6496 #96CB64

tetradic

#6496CB #CB64C9 #CB9964 #64CB66

square

#6496CB #CB64C9 #CB9964 #64CB66

split-complementary

#6496CB #CB6664 #C9CB64

monochromatic

#2D5987 #3D77B5 #6496CB #92B5DA #C0D4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#6496CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#6496CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6496CB

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6496CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6496CB	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8198CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30A2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6496cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 150, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.096 250.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96b4db',
    500: '#6496cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6496cb;
$custom-light: #96b4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6496cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.874,
    "s": 49.758,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65937,
    "c": 0.09605,
    "h": 250.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6496CB

secondary

#D9C6B1

accent

#964FD9

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #6496CB

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

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