#65AFCD#65AFCD

#65AFCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.086 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65AFCD
RGB	rgb(101, 175, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 14.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, -14.83, -22.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 26.82, 236.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.0592 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.086 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7121, 37.8318, 63.3769)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65AFCD #CD8365

analogous

#65CDB7 #65AFCD #657BCD

triadic

#65AFCD #CD65AF #AFCD65

tetradic

#65AFCD #B765CD #CD8365 #7BCD65

square

#65AFCD #B765CD #CD8365 #7BCD65

split-complementary

#65AFCD #CD657B #CDB765

monochromatic

#2D708B #3C95B9 #65AFCD #93C7DC #C1DFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#65AFCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#65AFCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65AFCD

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65AFCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65AFCD	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65afcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 175, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.086 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97c7dc',
    500: '#65afcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65afcd;
$custom-light: #97c7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65afcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.308,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71724,
    "c": 0.08571,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65AFCD

secondary

#DBBEB3

accent

#764DDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #65AFCD

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

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