#6986C8#6986C8

#6986C8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.106 H 265.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6986C8
RGB	rgb(105, 134, 200)
HSL	hsl(222, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(222, 48%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 33%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, 7.71, -37.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 38.24, 281.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% -0.0084 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.106 265.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7727, 24.2220, 58.0023)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#6986C8 #C8AB69

analogous

#69B6C8 #6986C8 #7C69C8

triadic

#6986C8 #C86986 #86C869

tetradic

#6986C8 #C869B6 #C8AB69 #69C87C

square

#6986C8 #C869B6 #C8AB69 #69C87C

split-complementary

#6986C8 #C87C69 #B6C869

monochromatic

#314B86 #4164B2 #6986C8 #96AAD8 #C3CEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#6986C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#6986C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6986C8

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6986C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6986C8	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6383C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43949E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6986c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 134, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.106 265.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99a9d9',
    500: '#6986c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6986c8;
$custom-light: #99a9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6986c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.684,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62589,
    "c": 0.10561,
    "h": 265.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6986C8

secondary

#D9CEB4

accent

#AE52D6

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F2F4FA

border

#CCCED3

text

#0E0F14

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6986C8

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

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