#65ADD4#65ADD4

#65ADD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.092 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65ADD4
RGB	rgb(101, 173, 212)
HSL	hsl(201, 56%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(201, 52%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 18.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -11.73, -26.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 29.15, 246.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0544 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.092 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1897, 37.4046, 67.7981)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65ADD4 #D48C65

analogous

#65D4C4 #65ADD4 #6576D4

triadic

#65ADD4 #D465AD #ADD465

tetradic

#65ADD4 #C465D4 #D48C65 #76D465

square

#65ADD4 #C465D4 #D48C65 #76D465

split-complementary

#65ADD4 #D46576 #D4C465

monochromatic

#2A6F95 #3793C5 #65ADD4 #95C6E1 #C5E0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#65ADD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#65ADD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65ADD4

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65ADD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65ADD4	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AABD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9FD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FB7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65add4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 173, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.092 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98c5e1',
    500: '#65add4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65add4;
$custom-light: #98c5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65add4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.081,
    "s": 56.345,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71557,
    "c": 0.09204,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65ADD4

secondary

#DFC4B6

accent

#5B22C4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #65ADD4

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

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