#6596EB#6596EB

#6596EB is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.137 H 260.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6596EB
RGB	rgb(101, 150, 235)
HSL	hsl(218, 77%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(218, 57%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 36.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.15, 8.30, -47.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.15, 48.56, 279.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.62% -0.0219 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(67.62% 0.137 260.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2634, 30.5750, 82.8352)
Luminance	0.3058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6596EB #EBBA65

analogous

#65D9EB #6596EB #7765EB

triadic

#6596EB #EB6596 #96EB65

tetradic

#6596EB #EB65D9 #EBBA65 #65EB77

square

#6596EB #EB65D9 #EBBA65 #65EB77

split-complementary

#6596EB #EB7765 #D9EB65

monochromatic

#1955BD #2F71E4 #6596EB #9BBBF2 #D1E0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#6596EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#6596EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6596EB

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6596EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6596EB	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739DEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6290E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6596eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 150, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.137 260.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ab4f2',
    500: '#6596eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6596eb;
$custom-light: #9ab4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6596eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.06,
    "s": 77.011,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67615,
    "c": 0.13723,
    "h": 260.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6596EB

secondary

#ECDCC0

accent

#8E0CD9

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F3F6FD

border

#CDD0D5

text

#0F1117

muted

#7F8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #6596EB

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

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