#65AEDD#65AEDD

#65AEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.100 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65AEDD
RGB	rgb(101, 174, 221)
HSL	hsl(204, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(204, 54%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 21.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -9.61, -30.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 32.13, 252.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.0524 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.1 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5492, 38.2564, 74.0088)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65AEDD #DD9465

analogous

#65DDD0 #65AEDD #6572DD

triadic

#65AEDD #DD65AE #AEDD65

tetradic

#65AEDD #D065DD #DD9465 #72DD65

square

#65AEDD #D065DD #DD9465 #72DD65

split-complementary

#65AEDD #DD6572 #DDD065

monochromatic

#2472A4 #3394D2 #65AEDD #97C8E8 #C9E3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#65AEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#65AEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65AEDD

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65AEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65AEDD	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ADDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05BABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65aedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 174, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.100 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99c6e7',
    500: '#65aedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65aedd;
$custom-light: #99c6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65aedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.5,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7217,
    "c": 0.10037,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65AEDD

secondary

#E4CAB9

accent

#5F1ACC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65AEDD

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

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