#6497CE#6497CE

#6497CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.099 H 251.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6497CE
RGB	rgb(100, 151, 206)
HSL	hsl(211, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(211, 51%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 26.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.04, -1.54, -33.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.04, 33.50, 267.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.3% -0.0318 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(66.3% 0.099 251.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4588, 29.2967, 62.5884)
Luminance	0.2930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6497CE #CE9B64

analogous

#64CCCE #6497CE #6664CE

triadic

#6497CE #CE6497 #97CE64

tetradic

#6497CE #CE64CC #CE9B64 #64CE66

square

#6497CE #CE64CC #CE9B64 #64CE66

split-complementary

#6497CE #CE6664 #CCCE64

monochromatic

#2C5A8C #3B78BA #6497CE #92B6DD #C1D5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#6497CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#6497CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6497CE

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6497CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6497CE	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8199D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DA4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6497ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 151, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.099 251.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96b5dd',
    500: '#6497ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6497ce;
$custom-light: #96b5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6497ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.132,
    "s": 51.961,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66301,
    "c": 0.09897,
    "h": 251.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6497CE

secondary

#DBC8B2

accent

#974CDB

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #6497CE

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

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