#6497E8#6497E8

#6497E8 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.133 H 259.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6497E8
RGB	rgb(100, 151, 232)
HSL	hsl(217, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(217, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 34.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.22, 6.56, -46.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.22, 46.53, 278.11°)
OKLab	oklab(67.61% -0.0246 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(67.61% 0.133 259.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8826, 30.6662, 80.6200)
Luminance	0.3067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6497E8 #E8B564

analogous

#64D9E8 #6497E8 #7364E8

triadic

#6497E8 #E86497 #97E864

tetradic

#6497E8 #E864D9 #E8B564 #64E873

square

#6497E8 #E864D9 #E8B564 #64E873

split-complementary

#6497E8 #E87364 #D9E864

monochromatic

#1B57B7 #2F73E0 #6497E8 #99BBF0 #CFDFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#6497E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#6497E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6497E8

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6497E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6497E8	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#769DEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6591E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6497e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 151, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.133 259.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99b5ef',
    500: '#6497e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6497e8;
$custom-light: #99b5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6497e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.818,
    "s": 74.157,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67614,
    "c": 0.13259,
    "h": 259.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6497E8

secondary

#EAD9BE

accent

#890FD6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0F1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #6497E8

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

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