#65B2E5#65B2E5

#65B2E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.107 H 239.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B2E5
RGB	rgb(101, 178, 229)
HSL	hsl(204, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 22.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -9.38, -32.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 34.12, 254.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.0541 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.107 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4249, 40.2615, 80.0180)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B2E5 #E59865

analogous

#65E5D8 #65B2E5 #6572E5

triadic

#65B2E5 #E565B2 #B2E565

tetradic

#65B2E5 #D865E5 #E59865 #72E565

square

#65B2E5 #D865E5 #E59865 #72E565

split-complementary

#65B2E5 #E56572 #E5D865

monochromatic

#1E77B2 #3198DC #65B2E5 #99CCEE #CEE6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#65B2E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#65B2E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B2E5

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B2E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B2E5	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB2E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA4E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b2e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 178, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.107 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ac9ed',
    500: '#65b2e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b2e5;
$custom-light: #9ac9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b2e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.906,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7342,
    "c": 0.10651,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B2E5

secondary

#E9CEBD

accent

#5F12D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B2E5

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

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