#6498C8#6498C8

#6498C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.091 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6498C8
RGB	rgb(100, 152, 200)
HSL	hsl(209, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(209, 50%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 24%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.08, -3.92, -30.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.08, 30.31, 262.57°)
OKLab	oklab(66.24% -0.0349 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(66.24% 0.091 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9055, 29.3339, 58.8766)
Luminance	0.2934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6498C8 #C89464

analogous

#64C8C6 #6498C8 #6466C8

triadic

#6498C8 #C86498 #98C864

tetradic

#6498C8 #C664C8 #C89464 #66C864

square

#6498C8 #C664C8 #C89464 #66C864

split-complementary

#6498C8 #C86466 #C8C664

monochromatic

#2F5A83 #3F7AB0 #6498C8 #91B6D8 #BED4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#6498C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#6498C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6498C8

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6498C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6498C8	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8499CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33A3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6498c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 152, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.091 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96b6d9',
    500: '#6498c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6498c8;
$custom-light: #96b6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6498c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.8,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66244,
    "c": 0.09087,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6498C8

secondary

#D8C3B0

accent

#9151D7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FA

border

#CCD0D3

text

#0E1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #6498C8

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

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