#6596C8#6596C8

#6596C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.092 H 249.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6596C8
RGB	rgb(101, 150, 200)
HSL	hsl(210, 47%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(210, 50%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 25%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, -2.55, -30.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 30.95, 265.27°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% -0.0316 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.092 249.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6949, 28.7476, 58.7745)
Luminance	0.2875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6596C8 #C89765

analogous

#65C8C8 #6596C8 #6665C8

triadic

#6596C8 #C86596 #96C865

tetradic

#6596C8 #C865C8 #C89765 #65C866

square

#6596C8 #C865C8 #C89765 #65C866

split-complementary

#6596C8 #C86665 #C8C865

monochromatic

#2F5984 #3F77B1 #6596C8 #92B5D8 #BFD3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#6596C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#6596C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6596C8

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6596C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6596C8	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8298CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758EC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36A2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6596c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 150, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.092 249.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96b4d9',
    500: '#6596c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6596c8;
$custom-light: #96b4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6596c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.303,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65851,
    "c": 0.09181,
    "h": 249.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6596C8

secondary

#D8C5B1

accent

#9551D7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FA

border

#CCD0D3

text

#0E1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #6596C8

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

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