#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
RGB	rgb(100, 153, 173)
HSL	hsl(196, 31%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 42%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 11.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.34, -12.22, -15.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.34, 20.10, 232.55°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% -0.0458 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.064 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1869, 28.5073, 43.7550)
Luminance	0.2851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##6499AD	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #6499AD

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

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