#65AFE6#65AFE6

#65AFE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.109 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65AFE6
RGB	rgb(101, 175, 230)
HSL	hsl(206, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(206, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 23.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -7.44, -34.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 35.39, 257.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0505 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.109 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9745, 39.1367, 80.5586)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65AFE6 #E69C65

analogous

#65E6DC #65AFE6 #656FE6

triadic

#65AFE6 #E665AF #AFE665

tetradic

#65AFE6 #DC65E6 #E69C65 #6FE665

square

#65AFE6 #DC65E6 #E69C65 #6FE665

split-complementary

#65AFE6 #E6656F #E6DC65

monochromatic

#1D73B3 #3094DD #65AFE6 #9ACAEF #CEE6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#65AFE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#65AFE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65AFE6

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65AFE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65AFE6	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AFE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A2E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65afe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 175, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.109 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ac6ee',
    500: '#65afe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65afe6;
$custom-light: #9ac6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65afe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.581,
    "s": 72.067,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72796,
    "c": 0.10927,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65AFE6

secondary

#E9D0BD

accent

#6411D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FD

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65AFE6

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

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