#659CED#659CED

#659CED is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.134 H 257.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#659CED
RGB	rgb(101, 156, 237)
HSL	hsl(216, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(216, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 34.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.88, 5.45, -46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.88, 46.53, 276.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.0279 -0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.134 257.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5360, 32.6553, 84.6929)
Luminance	0.3266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#659CED #EDB665

analogous

#65E0ED #659CED #7265ED

triadic

#659CED #ED659C #9CED65

tetradic

#659CED #ED65E0 #EDB665 #65ED72

square

#659CED #ED65E0 #EDB665 #65ED72

split-complementary

#659CED #ED7265 #E0ED65

monochromatic

#175CC1 #2E79E7 #659CED #9CBFF3 #D3E2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#659CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#659CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #659CED

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##659CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##659CED	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7AA2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6995EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #659ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 156, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.134 257.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#659ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.735,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68995,
    "c": 0.13359,
    "h": 257.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#659CED

secondary

#EDDBC1

accent

#870ADB

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F3F6FD

border

#CDD0D5

text

#0F1117

muted

#7F8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #659CED

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

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