#6599DC#6599DC

#6599DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.114 H 255.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#6599DC
RGBrgb(101, 153, 220)
HSLhsl(214, 63%, 63%)
HSVhsv(214, 54%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(54.1%, 30.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(62.27, 1.83, -39.35)
CIE-LCHlch(62.27, 39.39, 272.67°)
OKLaboklab(67.47% -0.0291 -0.1107)
OKLCHoklch(67.47% 0.114 255.3)
XYZxyz(29.6718, 30.7141, 72.0611)
Luminance0.3072 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#6599DC #DCA865
analogous
#65D4DC #6599DC #6D65DC
triadic
#6599DC #DC6599 #99DC65
tetradic
#6599DC #DC65D4 #DCA865 #65DC6D
square
#6599DC #DC65D4 #DCA865 #65DC6D
split-complementary
#6599DC #DC6D65 #D4DC65
monochromatic
#255BA2 #3378D1 #6599DC #97BAE7 #C9DBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94
#6599DC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14
#6599DC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6599DC
7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##6599DC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##6599DC1.002.947.147.14
#FFFFFF2.941.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1421.001.001.00
##0000007.1421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7E9DDF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6F91DB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#1BA8B1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #6599dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 153, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.114 255.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98b6e7',
    500: '#6599dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #6599dc;
$custom-light: #98b6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#6599dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.782,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67475,
    "c": 0.11449,
    "h": 255.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#6599DC
secondary
#E4D1B9
accent
#7E1BCB
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F6FC
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1116
muted
#7E8084

Preview Lab

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#6599DC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva