#6499AD#6499AD

#6499AD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.064 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#6499AD
RGBrgb(100, 153, 173)
HSLhsl(196, 31%, 54%)
HSVhsv(196, 42%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(42.2%, 11.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(60.34, -12.22, -15.96)
CIE-LCHlch(60.34, 20.10, 232.55°)
OKLaboklab(65.33% -0.0458 -0.044)
OKLCHoklch(65.33% 0.064 223.8)
XYZxyz(24.1869, 28.5073, 43.7550)
Luminance0.2851 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#6499AD #AD7864
analogous
#64AD9C #6499AD #6474AD
triadic
#6499AD #AD6499 #99AD64
tetradic
#6499AD #9C64AD #AD7864 #74AD64
square
#6499AD #9C64AD #AD7864 #74AD64
split-complementary
#6499AD #AD6474 #AD9C64
monochromatic
#345662 #49798B #6499AD #8CB3C2 #B4CED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13
#6499AD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70
#6499AD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6499AD
6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##6499AD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##6499AD1.003.136.706.70
#FFFFFF3.131.0021.0021.00
#0000006.7021.001.001.00
##0000006.7021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8E96AE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#838EAD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#469F9F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #6499ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 153, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.064 223.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94b7c5',
    500: '#6499ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #6499ad;
$custom-light: #94b7c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#6499ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.438,
    "s": 30.802,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65329,
    "c": 0.06352,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#6499AD
secondary
#C6AFA7
accent
#7D61C7
background
#F9FBFC
surface
#F2F6F8
border
#CCD0D1
text
#0D1112
muted
#7E8081

Preview Lab

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#6499AD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva