#6497EE#6497EE

#6497EE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.141 H 260.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6497EE
RGB	rgb(100, 151, 238)
HSL	hsl(218, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(218, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 36.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.52, 8.48, -48.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.52, 49.64, 279.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.94% -0.0232 -0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(67.94% 0.141 260.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7494, 31.0129, 85.1853)
Luminance	0.3102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6497EE #EEBB64

analogous

#64DCEE #6497EE #7664EE

triadic

#6497EE #EE6497 #97EE64

tetradic

#6497EE #EE64DC #EEBB64 #64EE76

square

#6497EE #EE64DC #EEBB64 #64EE76

split-complementary

#6497EE #EE7664 #DCEE64

monochromatic

#1555C2 #2D72E8 #6497EE #9BBCF4 #D2E1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#6497EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#6497EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6497EE

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6497EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6497EE	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739EF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6091EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6497ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 151, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.141 260.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ab5f4',
    500: '#6497ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6497ee;
$custom-light: #9ab5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6497ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.826,
    "s": 80.233,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67938,
    "c": 0.14052,
    "h": 260.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6497EE

secondary

#EDDDC0

accent

#8E09DD

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F3F6FD

border

#CDD0D5

text

#0F1117

muted

#7F8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #6497EE

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

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