#659BCD#659BCD

#659BCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.094 H 247.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#659BCD
RGBrgb(101, 155, 205)
HSLhsl(209, 51%, 60%)
HSVhsv(209, 51%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(50.7%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(62.18, -3.88, -31.13)
CIE-LCHlch(62.18, 31.37, 262.89°)
OKLaboklab(67.2% -0.0359 -0.087)
OKLCHoklch(67.2% 0.094 247.5)
XYZxyz(28.1038, 30.6150, 62.1741)
Luminance0.3062 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#659BCD #CD9765
analogous
#65CDCB #659BCD #6567CD
triadic
#659BCD #CD659B #9BCD65
tetradic
#659BCD #CB65CD #CD9765 #67CD65
square
#659BCD #CB65CD #CD9765 #67CD65
split-complementary
#659BCD #CD6567 #CDCB65
monochromatic
#2D5E8B #3C7DB9 #659BCD #93B9DC #C1D7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95
#659BCD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12
#659BCD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #659BCD
7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##659BCD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##659BCD1.002.957.127.12
#FFFFFF2.951.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1221.001.001.00
##0000007.1221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#869CCF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7992CC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#30A7AC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #659bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.094 247.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97b8dc',
    500: '#659bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #659bcd;
$custom-light: #97b8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#659bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.846,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67197,
    "c": 0.09413,
    "h": 247.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#659BCD
secondary
#DBC6B3
accent
#914DDA
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F2F6FB
border
#CCD0D4
text
#0E1115
muted
#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #659BCD

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#659BCD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva