#6497EB#6497EB

#6497EB is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.137 H 259.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6497EB
RGB	rgb(100, 151, 235)
HSL	hsl(217, 77%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(217, 57%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 35.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, 7.52, -47.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 48.08, 279.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% -0.0239 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.137 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3123, 30.8381, 82.8834)
Luminance	0.3084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6497EB #EBB864

analogous

#64DBEB #6497EB #7464EB

triadic

#6497EB #EB6497 #97EB64

tetradic

#6497EB #EB64DB #EBB864 #64EB74

square

#6497EB #EB64DB #EBB864 #64EB74

split-complementary

#6497EB #EB7464 #DBEB64

monochromatic

#1856BC #2E73E4 #6497EB #9ABBF2 #D0E0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#6497EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#6497EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6497EB

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6497EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6497EB	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749EEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6391E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6497eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 151, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.137 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ab5f2',
    500: '#6497eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6497eb;
$custom-light: #9ab5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6497eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.333,
    "s": 77.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67775,
    "c": 0.13655,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6497EB

secondary

#ECDBBF

accent

#8C0CD9

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F3F6FD

border

#CDD0D5

text

#0F1117

muted

#7F8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #6497EB

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

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