#65AEE9#65AEE9

#65AEE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.113 H 244.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65AEE9
RGB	rgb(101, 174, 233)
HSL	hsl(207, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(207, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 25.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -5.97, -36.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 36.97, 260.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0485 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.113 244.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2055, 38.9189, 82.7318)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65AEE9 #E9A065

analogous

#65E9E2 #65AEE9 #656CE9

triadic

#65AEE9 #E965AE #AEE965

tetradic

#65AEE9 #E265E9 #E9A065 #6CE965

square

#65AEE9 #E265E9 #E9A065 #6CE965

split-complementary

#65AEE9 #E9656C #E9E265

monochromatic

#1A72B9 #2F92E1 #65AEE9 #9BCAF1 #D0E6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#65AEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#65AEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65AEE9

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65AEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65AEE9	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A2E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65aee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 174, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.113 244.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ac6f0',
    500: '#65aee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65aee9;
$custom-light: #9ac6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65aee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.818,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72712,
    "c": 0.11322,
    "h": 244.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65AEE9

secondary

#EBD3BF

accent

#680ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FD

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65AEE9

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

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