#6596EC#6596EC

#6596EC is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.139 H 261.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6596EC
RGB	rgb(101, 150, 236)
HSL	hsl(218, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(218, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 36.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.20, 8.62, -48.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.20, 49.08, 280.12°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% -0.0217 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.139 261)
XYZ	xyz(31.4083, 30.6329, 83.5982)
Luminance	0.3064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6596EC #ECBB65

analogous

#65DAEC #6596EC #7765EC

triadic

#6596EC #EC6596 #96EC65

tetradic

#6596EC #EC65DA #ECBB65 #65EC77

square

#6596EC #EC65DA #ECBB65 #65EC77

split-complementary

#6596EC #EC7765 #DAEC65

monochromatic

#1854BF #2F71E5 #6596EC #9BBBF3 #D2E0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#6596EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#6596EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6596EC

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6596EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6596EC	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#729DEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6191EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6596ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 150, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.139 261.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6596ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.222,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67669,
    "c": 0.13856,
    "h": 261
  },
  "luminance": 0.30636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6596EC

secondary

#EDDCC0

accent

#8F0BDA

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F3F6FD

border

#CDD0D5

text

#0F1117

muted

#7F8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #6596EC

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

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