#6599CD#6599CD

#6599CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.096 H 249.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6599CD
RGB	rgb(101, 153, 205)
HSL	hsl(210, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(210, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 25.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.62, -2.75, -32.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.62, 32.13, 265.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.75% -0.0336 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(66.75% 0.096 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7737, 29.9548, 62.0641)
Luminance	0.2996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6599CD #CD9965

analogous

#65CDCD #6599CD #6565CD

triadic

#6599CD #CD6599 #99CD65

tetradic

#6599CD #CD65CD #CD9965 #65CD65

square

#6599CD #CD65CD #CD9965 #65CD65

split-complementary

#6599CD #CD6565 #CDCD65

monochromatic

#2D5C8B #3C7AB9 #6599CD #93B8DC #C1D6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#6599CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#6599CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6599CD

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6599CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6599CD	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849BCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7690CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30A5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6599cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 153, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.096 249.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97b6dc',
    500: '#6599cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6599cd;
$custom-light: #97b6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6599cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66751,
    "c": 0.09561,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6599CD

secondary

#DBC7B3

accent

#944DDA

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #6599CD

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

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