#65A8CD#65A8CD

#65A8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.087 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65A8CD
RGB	rgb(101, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(201, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(201, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, -11.08, -25.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 27.72, 246.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% -0.0511 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.087 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3849, 35.1773, 62.9345)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65A8CD #CD8A65

analogous

#65CDBE #65A8CD #6574CD

triadic

#65A8CD #CD65A8 #A8CD65

tetradic

#65A8CD #BE65CD #CD8A65 #74CD65

square

#65A8CD #BE65CD #CD8A65 #74CD65

split-complementary

#65A8CD #CD6574 #CDBE65

monochromatic

#2D698B #3C8CB9 #65A8CD #93C2DC #C1DCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#65A8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#65A8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65A8CD

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65A8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65A8CD	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BB2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65a8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.087 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97c1dc',
    500: '#65a8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65a8cd;
$custom-light: #97c1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65a8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.346,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70126,
    "c": 0.08721,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65A8CD

secondary

#DBC1B3

accent

#804DDA

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #65A8CD

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

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