#65ADD8#65ADD8

#65ADD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.096 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65ADD8
RGB	rgb(101, 173, 216)
HSL	hsl(202, 60%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(202, 53%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 19.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, -10.56, -28.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 30.53, 249.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.053 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.096 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7005, 37.6089, 70.4884)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65ADD8 #D89065

analogous

#65D8CA #65ADD8 #6574D8

triadic

#65ADD8 #D865AD #ADD865

tetradic

#65ADD8 #CA65D8 #D89065 #74D865

square

#65ADD8 #CA65D8 #D89065 #74D865

split-complementary

#65ADD8 #D86574 #D8CA65

monochromatic

#27709B #3493CC #65ADD8 #96C7E4 #C7E1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#65ADD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#65ADD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65ADD8

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65ADD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65ADD8	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ACDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A0D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65add8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 173, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.096 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98c5e4',
    500: '#65add8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65add8;
$custom-light: #98c5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65add8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.435,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71727,
    "c": 0.09584,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65ADD8

secondary

#E2C7B7

accent

#5D1EC7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #65ADD8

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

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