#6497CB#6497CB

#6497CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.095 H 249.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6497CB
RGB	rgb(100, 151, 203)
HSL	hsl(210, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(210, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 25.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.92, -2.45, -31.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.92, 32.07, 265.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% -0.0327 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.095 249.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0979, 29.1523, 60.6873)
Luminance	0.2915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6497CB #CB9864

analogous

#64CBCB #6497CB #6564CB

triadic

#6497CB #CB6497 #97CB64

tetradic

#6497CB #CB64CB #CB9864 #64CB65

square

#6497CB #CB64CB #CB9864 #64CB65

split-complementary

#6497CB #CB6564 #CBCB64

monochromatic

#2D5A87 #3D78B5 #6497CB #92B6DA #C0D4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#6497CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#6497CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6497CB

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6497CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6497CB	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8299CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30A3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6497cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 151, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.095 249.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96b5db',
    500: '#6497cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6497cb;
$custom-light: #96b5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6497cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.291,
    "s": 49.758,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6616,
    "c": 0.09526,
    "h": 249.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6497CB

secondary

#D9C6B1

accent

#954FD9

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #6497CB

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

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