#65A5CE#65A5CE

#65A5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.089 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65A5CE
RGB	rgb(101, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(203, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(203, 51%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, -9.15, -27.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 28.73, 251.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% -0.0473 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.089 238)
XYZ	xyz(29.9585, 34.1308, 63.3897)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65A5CE #CE8E65

analogous

#65CEC3 #65A5CE #6570CE

triadic

#65A5CE #CE65A5 #A5CE65

tetradic

#65A5CE #C365CE #CE8E65 #70CE65

square

#65A5CE #C365CE #CE8E65 #70CE65

split-complementary

#65A5CE #CE6570 #CEC365

monochromatic

#2D678C #3B89BA #65A5CE #93C0DD #C2DBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#65A5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#65A5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65A5CE

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65A5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65A5CE	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8499CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BAFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65a5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.089 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97bfdd',
    500: '#65a5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65a5ce;
$custom-light: #97bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65a5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.429,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69488,
    "c": 0.08936,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.34133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65A5CE

secondary

#DCC3B3

accent

#6226BF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #65A5CE

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

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