#65A5CD#65A5CD

#65A5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.088 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65A5CD
RGB	rgb(101, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(203, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, -9.44, -26.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 28.35, 250.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% -0.0477 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.088 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8374, 34.0824, 62.7520)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65A5CD #CD8D65

analogous

#65CDC1 #65A5CD #6571CD

triadic

#65A5CD #CD65A5 #A5CD65

tetradic

#65A5CD #C165CD #CD8D65 #71CD65

square

#65A5CD #C165CD #CD8D65 #71CD65

split-complementary

#65A5CD #CD6571 #CDC165

monochromatic

#2D678B #3C89B9 #65A5CD #93C0DC #C1DBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#65A5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#65A5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65A5CD

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65A5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65A5CD	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8499CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CAFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65a5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.088 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97bfdc',
    500: '#65a5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65a5cd;
$custom-light: #97bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65a5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69445,
    "c": 0.08836,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65A5CD

secondary

#DBC2B3

accent

#844DDA

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #65A5CD

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

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