#6B8AEE#6B8AEE

#6B8AEE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.153 H 268.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B8AEE
RGB	rgb(107, 138, 238)
HSL	hsl(226, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(226, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 42%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.41, 17.57, -53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.41, 56.62, 288.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.64% -0.0028 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(65.64% 0.153 268.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5794, 27.4735, 84.5638)
Luminance	0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B8AEE #EECF6B

analogous

#6BCBEE #6B8AEE #8E6BEE

triadic

#6B8AEE #EE6B8A #8AEE6B

tetradic

#6B8AEE #EE6BCB #EECF6B #6BEE8E

square

#6B8AEE #EE6BCB #EECF6B #6BEE8E

split-complementary

#6B8AEE #EE8E6B #CBEE6B

monochromatic

#1741C8 #345FE8 #6B8AEE #A2B5F4 #D9E1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#6B8AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#6B8AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6B8AEE

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B8AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6B8AEE	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F95F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F8AEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DA0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b8aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 138, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.153 268.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9eabf4',
    500: '#6b8aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b8aee;
$custom-light: #9eabf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b8aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.802,
    "s": 79.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65636,
    "c": 0.153,
    "h": 268.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B8AEE

secondary

#EFE5C6

accent

#AA0ADC

background

#FAFAFE

surface

#F4F4FD

border

#CECED5

text

#0F1017

muted

#7F7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B8AEE

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

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