#6497CD#6497CD

#6497CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.098 H 250.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6497CD
RGB	rgb(100, 151, 205)
HSL	hsl(211, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(211, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 26.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.00, -1.85, -32.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.00, 33.02, 266.79°)
OKLab	oklab(66.25% -0.0321 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(66.25% 0.098 250.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3377, 29.2482, 61.9507)
Luminance	0.2925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6497CD #CD9A64

analogous

#64CCCD #6497CD #6564CD

triadic

#6497CD #CD6497 #97CD64

tetradic

#6497CD #CD64CC #CD9A64 #64CD65

square

#6497CD #CD64CC #CD9A64 #64CD65

split-complementary

#6497CD #CD6564 #CCCD64

monochromatic

#2D5A8A #3B78B8 #6497CD #92B6DC #C1D5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#6497CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#6497CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6497CD

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6497CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6497CD	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8199CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EA3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6497cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 151, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.098 250.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96b5dc',
    500: '#6497cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6497cd;
$custom-light: #96b5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6497cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.857,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66254,
    "c": 0.09773,
    "h": 250.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6497CD

secondary

#DBC7B2

accent

#964DDB

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #6497CD

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

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