#65AFDC#65AFDC

#65AFDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.099 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65AFDC
RGB	rgb(101, 175, 220)
HSL	hsl(203, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(203, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 20.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -10.45, -29.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 31.52, 250.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0539 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.099 237)
XYZ	xyz(33.6103, 38.5911, 73.3739)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65AFDC #DC9265

analogous

#65DCCD #65AFDC #6573DC

triadic

#65AFDC #DC65AF #AFDC65

tetradic

#65AFDC #CD65DC #DC9265 #73DC65

square

#65AFDC #CD65DC #DC9265 #73DC65

split-complementary

#65AFDC #DC6573 #DCCD65

monochromatic

#2573A2 #3395D1 #65AFDC #97C9E7 #C9E3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#65AFDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#65AFDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65AFDC

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65AFDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65AFDC	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65afdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 175, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.099 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99c6e7',
    500: '#65afdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65afdc;
$custom-light: #99c6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65afdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.689,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72351,
    "c": 0.0989,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.38594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65AFDC

secondary

#E4C9B9

accent

#5D1BCB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65AFDC

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

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