#6497ED#6497ED

#6497ED is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.139 H 260.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6497ED
RGB	rgb(100, 151, 237)
HSL	hsl(218, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(218, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 36.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.47, 8.16, -48.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.47, 49.12, 279.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% -0.0234 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.139 260.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6029, 30.9543, 84.4137)
Luminance	0.3096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6497ED #EDBA64

analogous

#64DCED #6497ED #7564ED

triadic

#6497ED #ED6497 #97ED64

tetradic

#6497ED #ED64DC #EDBA64 #64ED75

square

#6497ED #ED64DC #EDBA64 #64ED75

split-complementary

#6497ED #ED7564 #DCED64

monochromatic

#1656C0 #2D72E7 #6497ED #9BBCF3 #D2E1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#6497ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#6497ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6497ED

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6497ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6497ED	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739EF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6191EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6497ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 151, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.139 260.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ab5f3',
    500: '#6497ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6497ed;
$custom-light: #9ab5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6497ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.664,
    "s": 79.191,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67884,
    "c": 0.13919,
    "h": 260.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6497ED

secondary

#EDDCC0

accent

#8E0ADB

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F3F6FD

border

#CDD0D5

text

#0F1117

muted

#7F8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #6497ED

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

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