#6599E6#6599E6

#6599E6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.127 H 258.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6599E6
RGB	rgb(101, 153, 230)
HSL	hsl(216, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(216, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 33.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.73, 4.97, -44.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.73, 44.45, 276.42°)
OKLab	oklab(67.99% -0.0264 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(67.99% 0.127 258)
XYZ	xyz(31.0360, 31.2598, 79.2458)
Luminance	0.3126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6599E6 #E6B265

analogous

#65D9E6 #6599E6 #7265E6

triadic

#6599E6 #E66599 #99E665

tetradic

#6599E6 #E665D9 #E6B265 #65E672

square

#6599E6 #E665D9 #E6B265 #65E672

split-complementary

#6599E6 #E67265 #D9E665

monochromatic

#1D5AB3 #3076DD #6599E6 #9ABCEF #CEDFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#6599E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#6599E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6599E6

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6599E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6599E6	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A9EE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6992E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6599e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 153, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.127 258.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ab6ee',
    500: '#6599e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6599e6;
$custom-light: #9ab6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6599e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.814,
    "s": 72.067,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67987,
    "c": 0.12749,
    "h": 258
  },
  "luminance": 0.31262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6599E6

secondary

#E9D8BD

accent

#8611D4

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0F1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #6599E6

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

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