#65AEE6#65AEE6

#65AEE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.110 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65AEE6
RGB	rgb(101, 174, 230)
HSL	hsl(206, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(206, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 24.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -6.89, -35.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 35.70, 258.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0494 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.11 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7806, 38.7489, 80.4940)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65AEE6 #E69D65

analogous

#65E6DE #65AEE6 #656DE6

triadic

#65AEE6 #E665AE #AEE665

tetradic

#65AEE6 #DE65E6 #E69D65 #6DE665

square

#65AEE6 #DE65E6 #E69D65 #6DE665

split-complementary

#65AEE6 #E6656D #E6DE65

monochromatic

#1D72B3 #3092DD #65AEE6 #9ACAEF #CEE5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#65AEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#65AEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65AEE6

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65AEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65AEE6	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AFE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65aee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 174, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.110 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ac6ee',
    500: '#65aee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65aee6;
$custom-light: #9ac6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65aee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.047,
    "s": 72.067,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72574,
    "c": 0.1099,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65AEE6

secondary

#E9D1BD

accent

#6611D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65AEE6

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

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