#6596ED#6596ED

#6596ED is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.140 H 261.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6596ED
RGB	rgb(101, 150, 237)
HSL	hsl(218, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(218, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 36.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.25, 8.94, -48.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.25, 49.60, 280.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.72% -0.0215 -0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(67.72% 0.14 261.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5539, 30.6912, 84.3655)
Luminance	0.3069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6596ED #EDBC65

analogous

#65DAED #6596ED #7865ED

triadic

#6596ED #ED6596 #96ED65

tetradic

#6596ED #ED65DA #EDBC65 #65ED78

square

#6596ED #ED65DA #EDBC65 #65ED78

split-complementary

#6596ED #ED7865 #DAED65

monochromatic

#1754C1 #2E71E7 #6596ED #9CBBF3 #D3E1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#6596ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#6596ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6596ED

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6596ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6596ED	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#729DF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6091EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6596ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 150, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.140 261.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ab4f3',
    500: '#6596ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6596ed;
$custom-light: #9ab4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6596ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.382,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67724,
    "c": 0.13989,
    "h": 261.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6596ED

secondary

#EDDDC1

accent

#900ADB

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F3F6FD

border

#CDD0D5

text

#0F1117

muted

#7F8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #6596ED

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

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