#65AFEF#65AFEF

#65AFEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.119 H 246.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65AFEF
RGB	rgb(101, 175, 239)
HSL	hsl(208, 81%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(208, 58%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 26.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -4.67, -38.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 39.21, 263.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.0477 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.119 246.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.2711, 39.6554, 87.3874)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65AFEF #EFA565

analogous

#65EFEA #65AFEF #656AEF

triadic

#65AFEF #EF65AF #AFEF65

tetradic

#65AFEF #EA65EF #EFA565 #6AEF65

square

#65AFEF #EA65EF #EFA565 #6AEF65

split-complementary

#65AFEF #EF656A #EFEA65

monochromatic

#1473C5 #2E92E9 #65AFEF #9CCCF5 #D4E9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#65AFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#65AFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65AFEF

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65AFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65AFEF	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B1F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A3EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65afef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 175, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.119 246.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bc6f4',
    500: '#65afef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65afef;
$custom-light: #9bc6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65afef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.826,
    "s": 81.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73213,
    "c": 0.11932,
    "h": 246.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65AFEF

secondary

#EED6C2

accent

#6B08DE

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FD

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #65AFEF

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

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