#6498AD#6498AD

#6498AD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.063 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6498AD
RGB	rgb(100, 152, 173)
HSL	hsl(197, 31%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 42%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 12.1%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.05, -11.68, -16.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.05, 20.13, 234.55°)
OKLab	oklab(65.1% -0.0446 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(65.1% 0.063 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.0239, 28.1813, 43.7007)
Luminance	0.2818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6498AD #AD7964

analogous

#64AD9D #6498AD #6473AD

triadic

#6498AD #AD6498 #98AD64

tetradic

#6498AD #9D64AD #AD7964 #73AD64

square

#6498AD #9D64AD #AD7964 #73AD64

split-complementary

#6498AD #AD6473 #AD9D64

monochromatic

#345562 #49788B #6498AD #8CB3C2 #B4CDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#6498AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#6498AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6498AD

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6498AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6498AD	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C96AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#469E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6498ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 152, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.063 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94b6c5',
    500: '#6498ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6498ad;
$custom-light: #94b6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6498ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.26,
    "s": 30.802,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65097,
    "c": 0.06349,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6498AD

secondary

#C6B0A7

accent

#7E61C7

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F6F8

border

#CCD0D1

text

#0D1112

muted

#7E8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #6498AD

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

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