#6597CD#6597CD

#6597CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.097 H 251.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6597CD
RGB	rgb(101, 151, 205)
HSL	hsl(211, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(211, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 26.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.05, -1.62, -32.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.05, 32.93, 267.18°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% -0.0312 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.097 251.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4491, 29.3056, 61.9559)
Luminance	0.2931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6597CD #CD9B65

analogous

#65CBCD #6597CD #6765CD

triadic

#6597CD #CD6597 #97CD65

tetradic

#6597CD #CD65CB #CD9B65 #65CD67

square

#6597CD #CD65CB #CD9B65 #65CD67

split-complementary

#6597CD #CD6765 #CBCD65

monochromatic

#2D5A8B #3C78B9 #6597CD #93B6DC #C1D5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#6597CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#6597CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6597CD

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6597CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6597CD	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8199CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31A3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6597cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 151, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.097 251.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97b5dc',
    500: '#6597cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6597cd;
$custom-light: #97b5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6597cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.154,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66307,
    "c": 0.09721,
    "h": 251.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6597CD

secondary

#DBC8B3

accent

#974DDA

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #6597CD

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

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