#6596CD#6596CD

#6596CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.098 H 252.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6596CD
RGB	rgb(101, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(212, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(212, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.77, -1.05, -33.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.77, 33.34, 268.20°)
OKLab	oklab(66.09% -0.0301 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(66.09% 0.098 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2888, 28.9851, 61.9025)
Luminance	0.2899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6596CD #CD9C65

analogous

#65CACD #6596CD #6865CD

triadic

#6596CD #CD6596 #96CD65

tetradic

#6596CD #CD65CA #CD9C65 #65CD68

square

#6596CD #CD65CA #CD9C65 #65CD68

split-complementary

#6596CD #CD6865 #CACD65

monochromatic

#2D598B #3C77B9 #6596CD #93B5DC #C1D5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#6596CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#6596CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6596CD

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6596CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6596CD	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8098CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31A3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6596cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.098 252.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97b4dc',
    500: '#6596cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6596cd;
$custom-light: #97b4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6596cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.731,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66086,
    "c": 0.09804,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6596CD

secondary

#DBC8B3

accent

#984DDA

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #6596CD

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

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