#6996F2#6996F2

#6996F2 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.145 H 263.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6996F2
RGB	rgb(105, 150, 242)
HSL	hsl(220, 84%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(220, 57%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 38%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.70, 11.34, -50.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.70, 52.07, 282.58°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% -0.0168 -0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.145 263.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7536, 31.2241, 88.2880)
Luminance	0.3123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6996F2 #F2C569

analogous

#69DAF2 #6996F2 #8069F2

triadic

#6996F2 #F26996 #96F269

tetradic

#6996F2 #F269DA #F2C569 #69F280

square

#6996F2 #F269DA #F2C569 #69F280

split-complementary

#6996F2 #F28069 #DAF269

monochromatic

#1250CF #316FED #6996F2 #A1BDF7 #DAE5FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#6996F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#6996F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6996F2

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6996F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6996F2	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#709EF6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E92F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6996f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 150, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.145 263.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9db4f7',
    500: '#6996f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6996f2;
$custom-light: #9db4f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6996f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.292,
    "s": 84.049,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68208,
    "c": 0.14507,
    "h": 263.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6996F2

secondary

#F0E3C6

accent

#9805E1

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F6FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#0F1117

muted

#7F8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #6996F2

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

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