#6497E9#6497E9

#6497E9 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.134 H 259.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6497E9
RGB	rgb(100, 151, 233)
HSL	hsl(217, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(217, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 35.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.27, 6.88, -46.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.27, 47.05, 278.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% -0.0244 -0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.134 259.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0250, 30.7231, 81.3702)
Luminance	0.3073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6497E9 #E9B664

analogous

#64DAE9 #6497E9 #7364E9

triadic

#6497E9 #E96497 #97E964

tetradic

#6497E9 #E964DA #E9B664 #64E973

square

#6497E9 #E964DA #E9B664 #64E973

split-complementary

#6497E9 #E97364 #DAE964

monochromatic

#1A57B8 #2E73E1 #6497E9 #9ABBF1 #CFDFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#6497E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#6497E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6497E9

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6497E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6497E9	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#759DEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6491E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6497e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 151, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.134 259.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99b5f0',
    500: '#6497e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6497e9;
$custom-light: #99b5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6497e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.992,
    "s": 75.141,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67668,
    "c": 0.13391,
    "h": 259.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6497E9

secondary

#EBDABE

accent

#8A0ED7

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0F1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #6497E9

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

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