#65A5E7#65A5E7

#65A5E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.118 H 250.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65A5E7
RGB	rgb(101, 165, 231)
HSL	hsl(210, 73%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(210, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 28.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, -1.57, -39.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 39.47, 267.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% -0.0393 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.118 250.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2406, 35.4436, 80.6754)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65A5E7 #E7A765

analogous

#65E6E7 #65A5E7 #6665E7

triadic

#65A5E7 #E765A5 #A5E765

tetradic

#65A5E7 #E765E6 #E7A765 #65E766

square

#65A5E7 #E765E6 #E7A765 #65E766

split-complementary

#65A5E7 #E76665 #E6E765

monochromatic

#1C68B5 #3086DF #65A5E7 #9AC4EF #CFE3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#65A5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#65A5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65A5E7

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65A5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65A5E7	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA8EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789BE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65a5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 165, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.118 250.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9abfef',
    500: '#65a5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65a5e7;
$custom-light: #9abfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65a5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.462,
    "s": 73.034,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70637,
    "c": 0.11766,
    "h": 250.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65A5E7

secondary

#EAD4BE

accent

#7410D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0F1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #65A5E7

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

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