#6E8AEE#6E8AEE

#6E8AEE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.152 H 270.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E8AEE
RGB	rgb(110, 138, 238)
HSL	hsl(227, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(227, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 42%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, 18.19, -53.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 56.54, 288.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% 0.0001 -0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.152 270)
XYZ	xyz(30.9464, 27.6628, 84.5811)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E8AEE #EED26E

analogous

#6ECAEE #6E8AEE #926EEE

triadic

#6E8AEE #EE6E8A #8AEE6E

tetradic

#6E8AEE #EE6ECA #EED26E #6EEE92

square

#6E8AEE #EE6ECA #EED26E #6EEE92

split-complementary

#6E8AEE #EE926E #CAEE6E

monochromatic

#183FCA #375EE8 #6E8AEE #A5B6F4 #DCE2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#6E8AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#6E8AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6E8AEE

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E8AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6E8AEE	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6095F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#508AEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AA0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e8aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 138, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.152 270.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0abf4',
    500: '#6e8aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e8aee;
$custom-light: #a0abf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e8aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.875,
    "s": 79.012,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65814,
    "c": 0.15207,
    "h": 270
  },
  "luminance": 0.27665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E8AEE

secondary

#EFE7C8

accent

#AE0ADB

background

#FAFAFE

surface

#F4F4FD

border

#CECED5

text

#0F1017

muted

#7F7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E8AEE

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