#6497AD#6497AD

#6497AD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.064 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6497AD
RGB	rgb(100, 151, 173)
HSL	hsl(198, 31%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 42%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 12.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.76, -11.13, -16.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.76, 20.19, 236.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.86% -0.0433 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(64.86% 0.064 227)
XYZ	xyz(23.8623, 27.8581, 43.6468)
Luminance	0.2786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6497AD #AD7A64

analogous

#64AD9E #6497AD #6472AD

triadic

#6497AD #AD6497 #97AD64

tetradic

#6497AD #9E64AD #AD7A64 #72AD64

square

#6497AD #9E64AD #AD7A64 #72AD64

split-complementary

#6497AD #AD6472 #AD9E64

monochromatic

#345562 #49778B #6497AD #8CB2C2 #B4CDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#6497AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#6497AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6497AD

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6497AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6497AD	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B95AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#469E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6497ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 151, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.064 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93b5c5',
    500: '#6497ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6497ad;
$custom-light: #93b5c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6497ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.082,
    "s": 30.802,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64865,
    "c": 0.0635,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.2786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6497AD

secondary

#C6B0A7

accent

#8061C7

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F6F8

border

#CCD0D1

text

#0D1112

muted

#7E8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #6497AD

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

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