HEX atlas value

#6495ED

#6495ED is a cool blue HEX color nearest Cornflower Blue. RGB 100, 149, 237, HSL 219° 79% 66%, luminance 0.3032; view contrast and conversions.

blue cool vibrant

#6495ED Sample readable text

HEX #6495ED

RGB rgb(100, 149, 237)

HSL hsl(219 79% 66%)

CMYK cmyk(58, 37, 0, 7)

Luminance 0.3032

Contrast Black 7.06:1White 2.97:1

CSS

--color-6495ed: #6495ED;
.background-6495ed { background-color: #6495ED; }
.text-6495ed { color: #6495ED; }

HEX meaning and use

About #6495ED

#6495ED is classified as a cool blue value with vibrant visual character. #6495ED is visually closest to Cornflower Blue, a named blue color with HEX #6495ED.

The RGB channels are 100, 149, and 237, with blue carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 219deg with 79% saturation and 66% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-energy accents. Its luminance is 0.3032, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text7.06:1AA Pass

White text2.97:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: #000000.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #6495ED needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000007.06:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.97:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#B6CDF6#B6CDF6 · #000000 text · best 13.05:1 #64D8ED#64D8ED · #000000 text · best 12.59:1 #EDBD64#EDBD64 · #000000 text · best 12.06:1 Maya Blue#73C2FB · #000000 text · best 10.84:1 Glacier Blue#78B9D2 · #000000 text · best 9.67:1

Generated Palette

Cornflower Blue#6495ED

#EDBD64#EDBD64

#64D8ED#64D8ED

#7864ED#7864ED

#B6CDF6#B6CDF6

#1A5DDB#1A5DDB

Color Harmonies

#EDBD64#EDBD64

#64D8ED#64D8ED

#7864ED#7864ED

#ED6494#ED6494

#94ED64#94ED64

Variants

#B6CDF6#B6CDF6

#1A5DDB#1A5DDB

#528EFF#528EFF

#7799DA#7799DA

#D9E4F7#D9E4F7

#7AA9FF#7AA9FF

Nearest Named Colors

Cornflower Blue#6495ED

Cornflower#6A8EDB

Glacier Blue#78B9D2

Maya Blue#73C2FB

Medium Slate Blue#7B68EE

Luminance0.3032

Black text7.06:1AA Pass

White text2.97:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#6495ED","rgb":[100,149,237],"hsl":[219,79,66],"cmyk":[58,37,0,7],"luminance":0.3032,"contrast":{"black":7.06,"white":2.97}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":["#000000"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":7.06,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.97,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#B6CDF6","hex":"#B6CDF6","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.05,"contrastWhite":1.61,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#64D8ED","hex":"#64D8ED","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.59,"contrastWhite":1.67,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#EDBD64","hex":"#EDBD64","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.06,"contrastWhite":1.74,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Maya Blue","hex":"#73C2FB","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.84,"contrastWhite":1.94,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Glacier Blue","hex":"#78B9D2","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.67,"contrastWhite":2.17,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool blue","vibrant","vibrant blue","Cornflower Blue adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents","calm digital interfaces"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/6495ed.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cornflower-blue.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cornflower.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/glacier-blue.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#EDBD64","analogous":["#64D8ED","#7864ED"],"triadic":["#ED6494","#94ED64"],"tetradic":["#ED64D8","#EDBD64","#64ED78"],"splitComplementary":["#ED7864","#D8ED64"],"monochromatic":["#B6CDF6","#6495ED","#1A5DDB"]}

Variants

{"light":"#B6CDF6","dark":"#1A5DDB","saturated":"#528EFF","desaturated":"#7799DA","pastel":"#D9E4F7","neon":"#7AA9FF"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"cornflower-blue","name":"Cornflower Blue","hex":"#6495ED","distance":0},{"slug":"cornflower","name":"Cornflower","hex":"#6A8EDB","distance":20.223748416156685},{"slug":"glacier-blue","name":"Glacier Blue","hex":"#78B9D2","distance":49.24428900898052},{"slug":"maya-blue","name":"Maya Blue","hex":"#73C2FB","distance":49.457052075512955},{"slug":"medium-slate-blue","name":"Medium Slate Blue","hex":"#7B68EE","distance":50.547007824400445}]

#6495ED

CSS

About #6495ED

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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