#6497E6#6497E6

#6497E6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.130 H 258.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6497E6
RGB	rgb(100, 151, 230)
HSL	hsl(216, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(216, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 34.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.13, 5.93, -45.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.13, 45.50, 277.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% -0.0251 -0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.13 258.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6001, 30.5532, 79.1324)
Luminance	0.3056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6497E6 #E6B364

analogous

#64D8E6 #6497E6 #7264E6

triadic

#6497E6 #E66497 #97E664

tetradic

#6497E6 #E664D8 #E6B364 #64E672

square

#6497E6 #E664D8 #E6B364 #64E672

split-complementary

#6497E6 #E67264 #D8E664

monochromatic

#1D58B3 #2F74DD #6497E6 #99BAEE #CDDEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#6497E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#6497E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6497E6

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6497E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6497E6	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#779DE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6691E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6497e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 151, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.130 258.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99b5ee',
    500: '#6497e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6497e6;
$custom-light: #99b5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6497e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.462,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67508,
    "c": 0.12996,
    "h": 258.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6497E6

secondary

#E9D8BD

accent

#8811D4

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0F1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #6497E6

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

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