#6496ED#6496ED

#6496ED is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.140 H 260.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#6496ED
RGBrgb(100, 150, 237)
HSLhsl(218, 79%, 66%)
HSVhsv(218, 58%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(57.8%, 36.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(62.20, 8.75, -48.87)
CIE-LCHlch(62.20, 49.65, 280.15°)
OKLaboklab(67.67% -0.0223 -0.1385)
OKLCHoklch(67.67% 0.14 260.8)
XYZxyz(31.4426, 30.6338, 84.3603)
Luminance0.3064 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#6496ED #EDBB64
analogous
#64DBED #6496ED #7664ED
triadic
#6496ED #ED6496 #96ED64
tetradic
#6496ED #ED64DB #EDBB64 #64ED76
square
#6496ED #ED64DB #EDBB64 #64ED76
split-complementary
#6496ED #ED7664 #DBED64
monochromatic
#1654C0 #2D71E7 #6496ED #9BBBF3 #D2E0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95
#6496ED on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13
#6496ED on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6496ED
7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##6496ED#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##6496ED1.002.957.137.13
#FFFFFF2.951.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1321.001.001.00
##0000007.1321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#729DF1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6090EB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A9B6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #6496ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 150, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.140 260.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ab4f3',
    500: '#6496ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #6496ed;
$custom-light: #9ab4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#6496ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.102,
    "s": 79.191,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67673,
    "c": 0.14027,
    "h": 260.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#6496ED
secondary
#EDDCC0
accent
#8F0ADB
background
#FAFBFE
surface
#F3F6FD
border
#CDD0D5
text
#0F1117
muted
#7F8085

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#6496ED Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva