#659BC9#659BC9

#659BC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.089 H 245.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#659BC9
RGB	rgb(101, 155, 201)
HSL	hsl(208, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(208, 50%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.8%, 22.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.02, -5.08, -29.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.02, 29.59, 260.12°)
OKLab	oklab(67.02% -0.0373 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(67.02% 0.089 245.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6271, 30.4244, 59.6637)
Luminance	0.3043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#659BC9 #C99365

analogous

#65C9C5 #659BC9 #6569C9

triadic

#659BC9 #C9659B #9BC965

tetradic

#659BC9 #C565C9 #C99365 #69C965

square

#659BC9 #C565C9 #C99365 #69C965

split-complementary

#659BC9 #C96569 #C9C565

monochromatic

#2F5D85 #3F7DB2 #659BC9 #92B8D9 #C0D6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#659BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#659BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #659BC9

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##659BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##659BC9	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B91C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34A6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #659bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 155, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.089 245.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96b8d9',
    500: '#659bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #659bc9;
$custom-light: #96b8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#659bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.6,
    "s": 48.077,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67015,
    "c": 0.08943,
    "h": 245.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#659BC9

secondary

#D8C3B1

accent

#8E50D8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FA

border

#CCD0D3

text

#0E1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #659BC9

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

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