#6E8ED3#6E8ED3

#6E8ED3 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.110 H 264.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E8ED3
RGB	rgb(110, 142, 211)
HSL	hsl(221, 53%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(221, 48%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 32.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, 7.52, -38.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 39.65, 280.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% -0.0104 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.11 264.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8574, 27.3624, 65.4289)
Luminance	0.2736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E8ED3 #D3B36E

analogous

#6EC0D3 #6E8ED3 #806ED3

triadic

#6E8ED3 #D36E8E #8ED36E

tetradic

#6E8ED3 #D36EC0 #D3B36E #6ED380

square

#6E8ED3 #D36EC0 #D3B36E #6ED380

split-complementary

#6E8ED3 #D3806E #C0D36E

monochromatic

#2E5098 #3F69C5 #6E8ED3 #9DB3E1 #CCD7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#6E8ED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#6E8ED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6E8ED3

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E8ED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6E8ED3	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7494D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#698BD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#449DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e8ed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 142, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.110 264.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9daee1',
    500: '#6e8ed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e8ed3;
$custom-light: #9daee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e8ed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.99,
    "s": 53.439,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65164,
    "c": 0.10991,
    "h": 264.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E8ED3

secondary

#E1D5BC

accent

#8F25C1

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F2F4FB

border

#CCCED4

text

#0F1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E8ED3

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

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