#6596E9#6596E9

#6596E9 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.135 H 260.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6596E9
RGB	rgb(101, 150, 233)
HSL	hsl(218, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(218, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 35.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.05, 7.67, -46.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.05, 47.51, 279.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% -0.0224 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.135 260.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9761, 30.4600, 81.3220)
Luminance	0.3046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6596E9 #E9B865

analogous

#65D8E9 #6596E9 #7665E9

triadic

#6596E9 #E96596 #96E965

tetradic

#6596E9 #E965D8 #E9B865 #65E976

square

#6596E9 #E965D8 #E9B865 #65E976

split-complementary

#6596E9 #E97665 #D8E965

monochromatic

#1A55B9 #2F71E1 #6596E9 #9BBBF1 #D0DFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#6596E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#6596E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6596E9

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6596E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6596E9	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749DEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6390E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6596e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 150, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.135 260.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ab4f0',
    500: '#6596e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6596e9;
$custom-light: #9ab4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6596e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.727,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67506,
    "c": 0.13457,
    "h": 260.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6596E9

secondary

#EBDBBF

accent

#8D0ED7

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F3F6FD

border

#CDD0D5

text

#0F1116

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #6596E9

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

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