#65B2CD#65B2CD

#65B2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.086 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B2CD
RGB	rgb(101, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -16.42, -21.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 26.67, 232.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0627 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.086 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3025, 39.0126, 63.5737)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B2CD #CD8065

analogous

#65CDB4 #65B2CD #657ECD

triadic

#65B2CD #CD65B2 #B2CD65

tetradic

#65B2CD #B465CD #CD8065 #7ECD65

square

#65B2CD #B465CD #CD8065 #7ECD65

split-complementary

#65B2CD #CD657E #CDB465

monochromatic

#2D728B #3C98B9 #65B2CD #93C9DC #C1E0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#65B2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#65B2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B2CD

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B2CD	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.086 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98c9dc',
    500: '#65b2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b2cd;
$custom-light: #98c9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.577,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72412,
    "c": 0.08556,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B2CD

secondary

#DBBDB3

accent

#724DDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B2CD

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

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