#65B2D8#65B2D8

#65B2D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.094 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B2D8
RGB	rgb(101, 178, 216)
HSL	hsl(200, 60%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(200, 53%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 17.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -13.25, -26.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 29.59, 243.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0586 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.094 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6773, 39.5625, 70.8140)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B2D8 #D88B65

analogous

#65D8C4 #65B2D8 #6579D8

triadic

#65B2D8 #D865B2 #B2D865

tetradic

#65B2D8 #C465D8 #D88B65 #79D865

square

#65B2D8 #C465D8 #D88B65 #79D865

split-complementary

#65B2D8 #D86579 #D8C465

monochromatic

#27759B #349ACC #65B2D8 #96CAE4 #C7E3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#65B2D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#65B2D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B2D8

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B2D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B2D8	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB0DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA3D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13BCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b2d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 178, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.094 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99c9e4',
    500: '#65b2d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b2d8;
$custom-light: #99c9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b2d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.826,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72859,
    "c": 0.0941,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B2D8

secondary

#E2C5B7

accent

#561EC7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B2D8

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

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