#6596BC#6596BC

#6596BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.078 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#6596BC
RGBrgb(101, 150, 188)
HSLhsl(206, 39%, 57%)
HSVhsv(206, 46%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(46.3%, 20.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(60.08, -6.08, -24.84)
CIE-LCHlch(60.08, 25.57, 256.24°)
OKLaboklab(65.31% -0.0356 -0.069)
OKLCHoklch(65.31% 0.078 242.7)
XYZxyz(25.3471, 28.2085, 51.6763)
Luminance0.2821 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#6596BC #BC8B65
analogous
#65BCB7 #6596BC #656BBC
triadic
#6596BC #BC6596 #96BC65
tetradic
#6596BC #B765BC #BC8B65 #6BBC65
square
#6596BC #B765BC #BC8B65 #6BBC65
split-complementary
#6596BC #BC656B #BCB765
monochromatic
#335774 #45789F #6596BC #90B3CF #BAD0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16
#6596BC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64
#6596BC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6596BC
6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##6596BC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##6596BC1.003.166.646.64
#FFFFFF3.161.0021.0021.00
#0000006.6421.001.001.00
##0000006.6421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8696BE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7A8DBB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#3F9FA3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #6596bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 150, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.078 242.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95b4d0',
    500: '#6596bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #6596bc;
$custom-light: #95b4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#6596bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.207,
    "s": 39.367,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65312,
    "c": 0.07767,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#6596BC
secondary
#D0BCAD
accent
#8C59CF
background
#F9FBFC
surface
#F2F6F9
border
#CCD0D2
text
#0E1114
muted
#7E8082

Preview Lab

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#6596BC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva