#6596BD#6596BD

#6596BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.079 H 243.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6596BD
RGB	rgb(101, 150, 189)
HSL	hsl(207, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(207, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.6%, 20.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.12, -5.79, -25.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.12, 26.00, 257.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% -0.0353 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.079 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4553, 28.2517, 52.2460)
Luminance	0.2825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6596BD #BD8C65

analogous

#65BDB8 #6596BD #656ABD

triadic

#6596BD #BD6596 #96BD65

tetradic

#6596BD #B865BD #BD8C65 #6ABD65

square

#6596BD #B865BD #BD8C65 #6ABD65

split-complementary

#6596BD #BD656A #BDB865

monochromatic

#325875 #4578A0 #6596BD #90B3CF #BBD0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#6596BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#6596BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6596BD

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6596BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6596BD	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8696BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F9FA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6596bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 150, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.079 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95b4d1',
    500: '#6596bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6596bd;
$custom-light: #95b4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6596bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.591,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65356,
    "c": 0.07879,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6596BD

secondary

#D1BDAD

accent

#8D58D0

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F6F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0E1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #6596BD

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

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