#6596CB#6596CB

#6596CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.096 H 251.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6596CB
RGB	rgb(101, 150, 203)
HSL	hsl(211, 50%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(211, 50%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.2%, 26.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.68, -1.65, -32.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.68, 32.38, 267.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% -0.0307 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.096 251.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0489, 28.8892, 60.6391)
Luminance	0.2889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6596CB #CB9A65

analogous

#65C9CB #6596CB #6765CB

triadic

#6596CB #CB6596 #96CB65

tetradic

#6596CB #CB65C9 #CB9A65 #65CB67

square

#6596CB #CB65C9 #CB9A65 #65CB67

split-complementary

#6596CB #CB6765 #C9CB65

monochromatic

#2E5988 #3D77B6 #6596CB #93B5DA #C1D4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#6596CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#6596CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6596CB

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6596CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6596CB	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8198CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33A2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6596cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 150, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.096 251.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97b4db',
    500: '#6596cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6596cb;
$custom-light: #97b4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6596cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.176,
    "s": 49.515,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65991,
    "c": 0.09553,
    "h": 251.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6596CB

secondary

#DAC7B2

accent

#974FD9

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #6596CB

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

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