#65B2CE#65B2CE

#65B2CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.086 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B2CE
RGB	rgb(101, 178, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 51%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 13.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -16.13, -21.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 26.90, 233.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.0623 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.086 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4236, 39.0610, 64.2114)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B2CE #CE8165

analogous

#65CEB5 #65B2CE #657DCE

triadic

#65B2CE #CE65B2 #B2CE65

tetradic

#65B2CE #B565CE #CE8165 #7DCE65

square

#65B2CE #B565CE #CE8165 #7DCE65

split-complementary

#65B2CE #CE657D #CEB565

monochromatic

#2D738C #3B99BA #65B2CE #93C9DD #C2E0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#65B2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#65B2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B2CE

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B2CE	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AFD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 178, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.086 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98c9dd',
    500: '#65b2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b2ce;
$custom-light: #98c9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72452,
    "c": 0.08625,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B2CE

secondary

#DCBEB3

accent

#4F26BF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B2CE

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

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