#6E8ADE#6E8ADE

#6E8ADE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.130 H 268.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E8ADE
RGB	rgb(110, 138, 222)
HSL	hsl(225, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(225, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 37.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.76, 13.22, -45.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.76, 47.82, 286.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.91% -0.003 -0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(64.91% 0.13 268.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6994, 26.7640, 72.7467)
Luminance	0.2677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E8ADE #DEC26E

analogous

#6EC2DE #6E8ADE #8A6EDE

triadic

#6E8ADE #DE6E8A #8ADE6E

tetradic

#6E8ADE #DE6EC2 #DEC26E #6EDE8A

square

#6E8ADE #DE6EC2 #DEC26E #6EDE8A

split-complementary

#6E8ADE #DE8A6E #C2DE6E

monochromatic

#2748AB #3C62D3 #6E8ADE #A0B2E9 #D2DAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#6E8ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#6E8ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6E8ADE

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E8ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6E8ADE	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6993E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D89DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C9CA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e8ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 138, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.130 268.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9eabe8',
    500: '#6e8ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e8ade;
$custom-light: #9eabe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e8ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 62.921,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64908,
    "c": 0.12992,
    "h": 268.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E8ADE

secondary

#E7DDC1

accent

#9F1BCB

background

#FAFAFE

surface

#F4F4FD

border

#CECED5

text

#0F1016

muted

#7F7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E8ADE

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

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