#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
RGB	rgb(100, 150, 237)
HSL	hsl(218, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(218, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 36.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.20, 8.75, -48.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.20, 49.65, 280.15°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% -0.0223 -0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.14 260.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4426, 30.6338, 84.3603)
Luminance	0.3064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##6496ED	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #6496ED

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

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