#6596BB#6596BB

#6596BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.077 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6596BB
RGB	rgb(101, 150, 187)
HSL	hsl(206, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(206, 46%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 19.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.04, -6.37, -24.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.04, 25.15, 255.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% -0.036 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.077 242)
XYZ	xyz(25.2397, 28.1655, 51.1106)
Luminance	0.2817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6596BB #BB8A65

analogous

#65BBB5 #6596BB #656BBB

triadic

#6596BB #BB6596 #96BB65

tetradic

#6596BB #B565BB #BB8A65 #6BBB65

square

#6596BB #B565BB #BB8A65 #6BBB65

split-complementary

#6596BB #BB656B #BBB565

monochromatic

#335773 #45789D #6596BB #8FB3CE #BAD0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#6596BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#6596BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6596BB

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6596BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6596BB	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8696BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8DBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#409FA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6596bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 150, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.077 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95b4cf',
    500: '#6596bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6596bb;
$custom-light: #95b4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6596bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.814,
    "s": 38.739,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65269,
    "c": 0.07656,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.28167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6596BB

secondary

#D0BBAC

accent

#8C59CF

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F6F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0E1113

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #6596BB

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

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