#659BED#659BED

#659BED is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.135 H 258.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#659BED
RGB	rgb(101, 155, 237)
HSL	hsl(216, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(216, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 34.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, 6.03, -46.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 47.03, 277.37°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.0268 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.135 258.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3689, 32.3211, 84.6372)
Luminance	0.3232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#659BED #EDB765

analogous

#65DFED #659BED #7365ED

triadic

#659BED #ED659B #9BED65

tetradic

#659BED #ED65DF #EDB765 #65ED73

square

#659BED #ED65DF #EDB765 #65ED73

split-complementary

#659BED #ED7365 #DFED65

monochromatic

#175AC1 #2E77E7 #659BED #9CBFF3 #D3E2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#659BED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#659BED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #659BED

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##659BED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##659BED	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6794EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #659bed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 155, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.135 258.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ab8f3',
    500: '#659bed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #659bed;
$custom-light: #9ab8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#659bed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.176,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68782,
    "c": 0.13461,
    "h": 258.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#659BED

secondary

#EDDBC1

accent

#880ADB

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F3F6FD

border

#CDD0D5

text

#0F1117

muted

#7F8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #659BED

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

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