#6497AA#6497AA

#6497AA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.061 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6497AA
RGB	rgb(100, 151, 170)
HSL	hsl(196, 29%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 41%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 11.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.66, -11.95, -15.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.66, 19.42, 232.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.75% -0.0445 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(64.75% 0.061 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5753, 27.7433, 42.1351)
Luminance	0.2774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6497AA #AA7764

analogous

#64AA9A #6497AA #6474AA

triadic

#6497AA #AA6497 #97AA64

tetradic

#6497AA #9A64AA #AA7764 #74AA64

square

#6497AA #9A64AA #AA7764 #74AA64

split-complementary

#6497AA #AA6474 #AA9A64

monochromatic

#34545F #4A7687 #6497AA #8CB2C0 #B3CCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#6497AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#6497AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6497AA

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6497AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6497AA	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C94AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828CAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#489D9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6497aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 151, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.061 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93b5c3',
    500: '#6497aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6497aa;
$custom-light: #93b5c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6497aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.286,
    "s": 29.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64747,
    "c": 0.06127,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6497AA

secondary

#C4AEA6

accent

#7D62C5

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F6F7

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0D1112

muted

#7E8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #6497AA

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

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