#659CB3#659CB3

#659CB3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.067 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#659CB3
RGB	rgb(101, 156, 179)
HSL	hsl(198, 34%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 44%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 12.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.48, -11.95, -17.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.48, 21.29, 235.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% -0.0464 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.067 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3891, 29.7965, 47.0525)
Luminance	0.2980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#659CB3 #B37C65

analogous

#65B3A3 #659CB3 #6575B3

triadic

#659CB3 #B3659C #9CB365

tetradic

#659CB3 #A365B3 #B37C65 #75B365

square

#659CB3 #A365B3 #B37C65 #75B365

split-complementary

#659CB3 #B36575 #B3A365

monochromatic

#345A6A #487D93 #659CB3 #8EB6C7 #B7D1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#659CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#659CB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #659CB3

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##659CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##659CB3	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8491B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #659cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 156, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.067 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95b9c9',
    500: '#659cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #659cb3;
$custom-light: #95b9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#659cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.692,
    "s": 33.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66313,
    "c": 0.0672,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#659CB3

secondary

#CAB3A9

accent

#7E5ECA

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F6F8

border

#CCD0D1

text

#0D1113

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #659CB3

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

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