#6497CC#6497CC

#6497CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.096 H 250.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6497CC
RGB	rgb(100, 151, 204)
HSL	hsl(211, 50%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(211, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 26%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.96, -2.15, -32.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.96, 32.54, 266.21°)
OKLab	oklab(66.21% -0.0324 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(66.21% 0.096 250.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2174, 29.2001, 61.3170)
Luminance	0.2920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6497CC #CC9964

analogous

#64CBCC #6497CC #6564CC

triadic

#6497CC #CC6497 #97CC64

tetradic

#6497CC #CC64CB #CC9964 #64CC65

square

#6497CC #CC64CB #CC9964 #64CC65

split-complementary

#6497CC #CC6564 #CBCC64

monochromatic

#2D5A89 #3C78B7 #6497CC #92B6DB #C0D5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#6497CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#6497CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6497CC

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6497CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6497CC	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8299CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FA3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6497cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 151, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.096 250.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6497cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.577,
    "s": 50.485,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66207,
    "c": 0.09649,
    "h": 250.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6497CC

secondary

#DAC6B2

accent

#954EDA

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #6497CC

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

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