#65AEE5#65AEE5

#65AEE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.109 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65AEE5
RGB	rgb(101, 174, 229)
HSL	hsl(206, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(206, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 24%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -7.19, -34.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 35.29, 258.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0498 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.109 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6406, 38.6929, 79.7565)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65AEE5 #E59C65

analogous

#65E5DC #65AEE5 #656EE5

triadic

#65AEE5 #E565AE #AEE565

tetradic

#65AEE5 #DC65E5 #E59C65 #6EE565

square

#65AEE5 #DC65E5 #E59C65 #6EE565

split-complementary

#65AEE5 #E5656E #E5DC65

monochromatic

#1E72B2 #3192DC #65AEE5 #99CAEE #CEE5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#65AEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#65AEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65AEE5

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65AEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65AEE5	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AEE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A1E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65aee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 174, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.109 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ac6ed',
    500: '#65aee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65aee5;
$custom-light: #9ac6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65aee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.781,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72528,
    "c": 0.1088,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65AEE5

secondary

#E9D0BD

accent

#6512D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65AEE5

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

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