#6497AB#6497AB

#6497AB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.062 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6497AB
RGB	rgb(100, 151, 171)
HSL	hsl(197, 30%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 42%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 11.7%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, -11.68, -15.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 19.66, 233.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.79% -0.0441 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(64.79% 0.062 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6703, 27.7812, 42.6352)
Luminance	0.2778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6497AB #AB7864

analogous

#64AB9B #6497AB #6473AB

triadic

#6497AB #AB6497 #97AB64

tetradic

#6497AB #9B64AB #AB7864 #73AB64

square

#6497AB #9B64AB #AB7864 #73AB64

split-complementary

#6497AB #AB6473 #AB9B64

monochromatic

#345460 #4A7788 #6497AB #8CB2C1 #B3CCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#6497AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#6497AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6497AB

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6497AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6497AB	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C94AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818CAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#479D9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6497ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 151, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.062 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93b5c4',
    500: '#6497ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6497ab;
$custom-light: #93b5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6497ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.901,
    "s": 29.707,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64786,
    "c": 0.06199,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6497AB

secondary

#C5AFA6

accent

#7E62C6

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F6F8

border

#CCD0D1

text

#0D1112

muted

#7E8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #6497AB

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

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