#6596CE#6596CE

#6596CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.099 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6596CE
RGB	rgb(101, 150, 206)
HSL	hsl(212, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(212, 51%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 27.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.81, -0.74, -33.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.81, 33.83, 268.74°)
OKLab	oklab(66.13% -0.0297 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(66.13% 0.099 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4099, 29.0336, 62.5402)
Luminance	0.2904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6596CE #CE9D65

analogous

#65CACE #6596CE #6865CE

triadic

#6596CE #CE6596 #96CE65

tetradic

#6596CE #CE65CA #CE9D65 #65CE68

square

#6596CE #CE65CA #CE9D65 #65CE68

split-complementary

#6596CE #CE6865 #CACE65

monochromatic

#2D598C #3B77BA #6596CE #93B6DD #C2D5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#6596CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#6596CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6596CE

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6596CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6596CE	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8098D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728ECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30A3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6596ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 150, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.099 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97b4dd',
    500: '#6596ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6596ce;
$custom-light: #97b4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6596ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66133,
    "c": 0.0993,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6596CE

secondary

#DCC9B3

accent

#7826BF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #6596CE

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

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