#65ACED#65ACED

#65ACED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.119 H 247.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65ACED
RGB	rgb(101, 172, 237)
HSL	hsl(209, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(209, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 27.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -3.63, -39.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 39.44, 264.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0451 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.119 247.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3999, 38.3830, 85.6475)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65ACED #EDA665

analogous

#65EDEA #65ACED #6568ED

triadic

#65ACED #ED65AC #ACED65

tetradic

#65ACED #EA65ED #EDA665 #68ED65

square

#65ACED #EA65ED #EDA665 #68ED65

split-complementary

#65ACED #ED6568 #EDEA65

monochromatic

#1770C1 #2E8EE7 #65ACED #9CCAF3 #D3E7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#65ACED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#65ACED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65ACED

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65ACED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65ACED	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AEF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65aced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 172, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.119 247.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bc4f3',
    500: '#65aced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65aced;
$custom-light: #9bc4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65aced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.676,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7246,
    "c": 0.11924,
    "h": 247.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65ACED

secondary

#EDD6C1

accent

#6E0ADB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FD

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #65ACED

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

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