#65ACEE#65ACEE

#65ACEE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.120 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65ACEE
RGB	rgb(101, 172, 238)
HSL	hsl(209, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(209, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 27.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -3.32, -39.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 39.89, 265.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0448 -0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.12 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5464, 38.4416, 86.4191)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65ACEE #EEA765

analogous

#65EEEC #65ACEE #6568EE

triadic

#65ACEE #EE65AC #ACEE65

tetradic

#65ACEE #EC65EE #EEA765 #68EE65

square

#65ACEE #EC65EE #EEA765 #68EE65

split-complementary

#65ACEE #EE6568 #EEEC65

monochromatic

#166FC3 #2E8EE8 #65ACEE #9CCAF4 #D3E7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#65ACEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#65ACEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65ACEE

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65ACEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65ACEE	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AEF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7EA1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65acee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 172, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.120 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bc4f4',
    500: '#65acee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65acee;
$custom-light: #9bc4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65acee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.905,
    "s": 80.117,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72507,
    "c": 0.12041,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65ACEE

secondary

#EED7C1

accent

#6F09DC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FD

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #65ACEE

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

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