#6497DD#6497DD

#6497DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.118 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6497DD
RGB	rgb(100, 151, 221)
HSL	hsl(215, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(215, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 31.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.71, 3.09, -40.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.71, 40.90, 274.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.04% -0.0274 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(67.04% 0.118 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3687, 30.0606, 72.6472)
Luminance	0.3006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6497DD #DDAA64

analogous

#64D3DD #6497DD #6D64DD

triadic

#6497DD #DD6497 #97DD64

tetradic

#6497DD #DD64D3 #DDAA64 #64DD6D

square

#6497DD #DD64D3 #DDAA64 #64DD6D

split-complementary

#6497DD #DD6D64 #D3DD64

monochromatic

#2459A3 #3275D2 #6497DD #96B9E8 #C8DAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#6497DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#6497DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6497DD

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6497DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6497DD	1.00	2.99	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9BE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B90DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14A7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6497dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 151, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.118 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98b5e8',
    500: '#6497dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6497dd;
$custom-light: #98b5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6497dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.711,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6704,
    "c": 0.11815,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6497DD

secondary

#E4D2B9

accent

#811ACC

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #6497DD

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

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