#6496EC#6496EC

#6496EC is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.139 H 260.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6496EC
RGB	rgb(100, 150, 236)
HSL	hsl(218, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(218, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 36.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.15, 8.43, -48.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.15, 49.12, 279.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.62% -0.0226 -0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(67.62% 0.139 260.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2969, 30.5755, 83.5930)
Luminance	0.3058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6496EC #ECBA64

analogous

#64DAEC #6496EC #7664EC

triadic

#6496EC #EC6496 #96EC64

tetradic

#6496EC #EC64DA #ECBA64 #64EC76

square

#6496EC #EC64DA #ECBA64 #64EC76

split-complementary

#6496EC #EC7664 #DAEC64

monochromatic

#1755BE #2D71E5 #6496EC #9BBBF3 #D1E0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#6496EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#6496EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6496EC

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6496EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6496EC	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#729DEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6090EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6496ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 150, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.139 260.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ab4f2',
    500: '#6496ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6496ec;
$custom-light: #9ab4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6496ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.941,
    "s": 78.161,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67618,
    "c": 0.13895,
    "h": 260.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6496EC

secondary

#ECDCBF

accent

#8E0BDA

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F3F6FD

border

#CDD0D5

text

#0F1117

muted

#7F8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #6496EC

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

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