#65B2E6#65B2E6

#65B2E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.108 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B2E6
RGB	rgb(101, 178, 230)
HSL	hsl(204, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 22.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -9.08, -33.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 34.50, 254.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0538 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.108 240)
XYZ	xyz(35.5649, 40.3175, 80.7554)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B2E6 #E69965

analogous

#65E6D9 #65B2E6 #6572E6

triadic

#65B2E6 #E665B2 #B2E665

tetradic

#65B2E6 #D965E6 #E69965 #72E665

square

#65B2E6 #D965E6 #E69965 #72E665

split-complementary

#65B2E6 #E66572 #E6D965

monochromatic

#1D77B3 #3098DD #65B2E6 #9ACCEF #CEE7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#65B2E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#65B2E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B2E6

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B2E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B2E6	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB2E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b2e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 178, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.108 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ac8ee',
    500: '#65b2e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b2e6;
$custom-light: #9ac8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b2e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.186,
    "s": 72.067,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73464,
    "c": 0.10754,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.40321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B2E6

secondary

#E9CFBD

accent

#6011D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FD

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B2E6

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

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