#65AFD8#65AFD8

#65AFD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.095 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65AFD8
RGB	rgb(101, 175, 216)
HSL	hsl(201, 60%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(201, 53%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 19%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -11.64, -27.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 30.11, 247.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0553 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.095 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0869, 38.3817, 70.6172)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65AFD8 #D88E65

analogous

#65D8C7 #65AFD8 #6576D8

triadic

#65AFD8 #D865AF #AFD865

tetradic

#65AFD8 #C765D8 #D88E65 #76D865

square

#65AFD8 #C765D8 #D88E65 #76D865

split-complementary

#65AFD8 #D86576 #D8C765

monochromatic

#27729B #3496CC #65AFD8 #96C8E4 #C7E2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#65AFD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#65AFD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65AFD8

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65AFD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65AFD8	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CADDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA1D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65afd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 175, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.095 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98c6e4',
    500: '#65afd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65afd8;
$custom-light: #98c6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65afd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.391,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72179,
    "c": 0.09506,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65AFD8

secondary

#E2C6B7

accent

#5B1EC7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #65AFD8

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

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