#65AFDE#65AFDE

#65AFDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.101 H 238.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65AFDE
RGB	rgb(101, 175, 222)
HSL	hsl(203, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(203, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 21.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -9.85, -30.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 32.25, 252.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0532 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.101 238.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8768, 38.6976, 74.7772)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65AFDE #DE9465

analogous

#65DED1 #65AFDE #6572DE

triadic

#65AFDE #DE65AF #AFDE65

tetradic

#65AFDE #D165DE #DE9465 #72DE65

square

#65AFDE #D165DE #DE9465 #72DE65

split-complementary

#65AFDE #DE6572 #DED165

monochromatic

#2373A5 #3395D3 #65AFDE #97C9E9 #CAE3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#65AFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#65AFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65AFDE

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65AFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65AFDE	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65afde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 175, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.101 238.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99c6e8',
    500: '#65afde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65afde;
$custom-light: #99c6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65afde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.306,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72439,
    "c": 0.10089,
    "h": 238.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65AFDE

secondary

#E5CBBA

accent

#5F19CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65AFDE

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

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