#659EB3#659EB3

#659EB3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.067 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#659EB3
RGB	rgb(101, 158, 179)
HSL	hsl(196, 34%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 44%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 11.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.06, -13.03, -16.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.06, 21.21, 232.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.78% -0.0489 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(66.78% 0.067 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7275, 30.4733, 47.1653)
Luminance	0.3048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#659EB3 #B37A65

analogous

#65B3A1 #659EB3 #6577B3

triadic

#659EB3 #B3659E #9EB365

tetradic

#659EB3 #A165B3 #B37A65 #77B365

square

#659EB3 #A165B3 #B37A65 #77B365

split-complementary

#659EB3 #B36577 #B3A165

monochromatic

#345B6A #487F93 #659EB3 #8EB8C7 #B7D2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#659EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#659EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #659EB3

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##659EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##659EB3	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929BB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8692B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #659eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 158, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.067 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95bac9',
    500: '#659eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #659eb3;
$custom-light: #95bac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#659eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.154,
    "s": 33.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66776,
    "c": 0.06722,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#659EB3

secondary

#CAB2A9

accent

#7B5ECA

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F6F8

border

#CCD0D1

text

#0E1113

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #659EB3

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

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