#6596EF#6596EF

#6596EF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.143 H 261.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6596EF
RGB	rgb(101, 150, 239)
HSL	hsl(219, 81%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(219, 58%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 37.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.35, 9.59, -49.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.35, 50.65, 280.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% -0.021 -0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.143 261.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8478, 30.8087, 85.9130)
Luminance	0.3081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6596EF #EFBE65

analogous

#65DBEF #6596EF #7965EF

triadic

#6596EF #EF6596 #96EF65

tetradic

#6596EF #EF65DB #EFBE65 #65EF79

square

#6596EF #EF65DB #EFBE65 #65EF79

split-complementary

#6596EF #EF7965 #DBEF65

monochromatic

#1453C5 #2E70E9 #6596EF #9CBCF5 #D4E2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#6596EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#6596EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6596EF

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6596EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6596EF	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#719EF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F91ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6596ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 150, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.143 261.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bb4f4',
    500: '#6596ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6596ef;
$custom-light: #9bb4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6596ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.696,
    "s": 81.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67834,
    "c": 0.14255,
    "h": 261.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6596EF

secondary

#EEDEC2

accent

#9208DE

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F3F6FD

border

#CDD0D5

text

#0F1117

muted

#7F8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #6596EF

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

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