#6596DB#6596DB

#6596DB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.116 H 257.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6596DB
RGB	rgb(101, 150, 219)
HSL	hsl(215, 62%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(215, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 31.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.39, 3.25, -40.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.39, 40.30, 274.63°)
OKLab	oklab(66.77% -0.026 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(66.77% 0.116 257.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.0549, 29.6916, 71.2041)
Luminance	0.2969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6596DB #DBAA65

analogous

#65D1DB #6596DB #6F65DB

triadic

#6596DB #DB6596 #96DB65

tetradic

#6596DB #DB65D1 #DBAA65 #65DB6F

square

#6596DB #DB65D1 #DBAA65 #65DB6F

split-complementary

#6596DB #DB6F65 #D1DB65

monochromatic

#2558A0 #3374CF #6596DB #97B8E7 #C8DAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#6596DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#6596DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6596DB

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6596DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6596DB	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A9ADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FA5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6596db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 150, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.116 257.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98b4e6',
    500: '#6596db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6596db;
$custom-light: #98b4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6596db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.085,
    "s": 62.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66774,
    "c": 0.11608,
    "h": 257.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6596DB

secondary

#E3D2B9

accent

#821CCA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #6596DB

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

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