#659BC8#659BC8

#659BC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.088 H 244.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#659BC8
RGB	rgb(101, 155, 200)
HSL	hsl(207, 47%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(207, 50%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 22.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.98, -5.37, -28.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.98, 29.15, 259.37°)
OKLab	oklab(66.97% -0.0376 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(66.97% 0.088 244.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5098, 30.3775, 59.0462)
Luminance	0.3038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#659BC8 #C89265

analogous

#65C8C4 #659BC8 #656AC8

triadic

#659BC8 #C8659B #9BC865

tetradic

#659BC8 #C465C8 #C89265 #6AC865

square

#659BC8 #C465C8 #C89265 #6AC865

split-complementary

#659BC8 #C8656A #C8C465

monochromatic

#2F5D84 #3F7DB1 #659BC8 #92B8D8 #BFD6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#659BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#659BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #659BC8

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##659BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##659BC8	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889BCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B91C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35A6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #659bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 155, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.088 244.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96b8d9',
    500: '#659bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #659bc8;
$custom-light: #96b8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#659bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.273,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6697,
    "c": 0.08828,
    "h": 244.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#659BC8

secondary

#D8C3B1

accent

#8E51D7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FA

border

#CCD0D3

text

#0E1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #659BC8

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

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