#65B2DC#65B2DC

#65B2DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.098 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B2DC
RGB	rgb(101, 178, 220)
HSL	hsl(201, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 19.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -12.07, -28.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 30.88, 246.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0572 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.098 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2007, 39.7718, 73.5707)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B2DC #DC8F65

analogous

#65DCCA #65B2DC #6577DC

triadic

#65B2DC #DC65B2 #B2DC65

tetradic

#65B2DC #CA65DC #DC8F65 #77DC65

square

#65B2DC #CA65DC #DC8F65 #77DC65

split-complementary

#65B2DC #DC6577 #DCCA65

monochromatic

#2576A2 #3399D1 #65B2DC #97CBE7 #C9E4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#65B2DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#65B2DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B2DC

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B2DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B2DC	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04BDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b2dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 178, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.098 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99c9e7',
    500: '#65b2dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b2dc;
$custom-light: #99c9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b2dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73028,
    "c": 0.0977,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B2DC

secondary

#E4C8B9

accent

#591BCB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B2DC

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

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