#6497C8#6497C8

#6497C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.092 H 248.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6497C8
RGB	rgb(100, 151, 200)
HSL	hsl(209, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(209, 50%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 24.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.79, -3.35, -30.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.79, 30.67, 263.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.02% -0.0337 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(66.02% 0.092 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7438, 29.0107, 58.8227)
Luminance	0.2901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6497C8 #C89564

analogous

#64C8C7 #6497C8 #6465C8

triadic

#6497C8 #C86497 #97C864

tetradic

#6497C8 #C764C8 #C89564 #65C864

square

#6497C8 #C764C8 #C89564 #65C864

split-complementary

#6497C8 #C86465 #C8C764

monochromatic

#2F5A83 #3F79B0 #6497C8 #91B5D8 #BED4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#6497C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#6497C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6497C8

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6497C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6497C8	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8398CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768EC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33A2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6497c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 151, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.092 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96b5d9',
    500: '#6497c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6497c8;
$custom-light: #96b5d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6497c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.4,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66021,
    "c": 0.0916,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6497C8

secondary

#D8C4B0

accent

#9351D7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FA

border

#CCD0D3

text

#0E1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #6497C8

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

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