#6499ED#6499ED

#6499ED is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.137 H 259.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6499ED
RGB	rgb(100, 153, 237)
HSL	hsl(217, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(217, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 35.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, 7.00, -47.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 48.09, 278.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% -0.0255 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.137 259.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9275, 31.6035, 84.5219)
Luminance	0.3161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6499ED #EDB864

analogous

#64DEED #6499ED #7364ED

triadic

#6499ED #ED6499 #99ED64

tetradic

#6499ED #ED64DE #EDB864 #64ED73

square

#6499ED #ED64DE #EDB864 #64ED73

split-complementary

#6499ED #ED7364 #DEED64

monochromatic

#1658C0 #2D75E7 #6499ED #9BBDF3 #D2E1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#6499ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#6499ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6499ED

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6499ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6499ED	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#769FF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6493EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6499ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 153, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.137 259.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ab6f3',
    500: '#6499ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6499ed;
$custom-light: #9ab6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6499ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.788,
    "s": 79.191,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68307,
    "c": 0.13708,
    "h": 259.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6499ED

secondary

#EDDBC0

accent

#8A0ADB

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F3F6FD

border

#CDD0D5

text

#0F1117

muted

#7F8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #6499ED

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

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