#65AFDF#65AFDF

#65AFDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.102 H 238.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65AFDF
RGB	rgb(101, 175, 223)
HSL	hsl(204, 66%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(204, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 21.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -9.55, -31.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 32.63, 252.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.0528 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.102 238.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0112, 38.7514, 75.4852)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65AFDF #DF9565

analogous

#65DFD2 #65AFDF #6572DF

triadic

#65AFDF #DF65AF #AFDF65

tetradic

#65AFDF #D265DF #DF9565 #72DF65

square

#65AFDF #D265DF #DF9565 #72DF65

split-complementary

#65AFDF #DF6572 #DFD265

monochromatic

#2373A7 #3295D4 #65AFDF #98C9EA #CAE4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#65AFDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#65AFDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65AFDF

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65AFDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65AFDF	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AEE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A2DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65afdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 175, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.102 238.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99c6e9',
    500: '#65afdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65afdf;
$custom-light: #99c6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65afdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.607,
    "s": 65.591,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72483,
    "c": 0.1019,
    "h": 238.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65AFDF

secondary

#E6CBBA

accent

#5F18CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65AFDF

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

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