#65B2E7#65B2E7

#65B2E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.109 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B2E7
RGB	rgb(101, 178, 231)
HSL	hsl(204, 73%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 22.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -8.77, -33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 34.89, 255.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0535 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.109 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7057, 40.3738, 81.4971)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B2E7 #E79A65

analogous

#65E7DB #65B2E7 #6571E7

triadic

#65B2E7 #E765B2 #B2E765

tetradic

#65B2E7 #DB65E7 #E79A65 #71E765

square

#65B2E7 #DB65E7 #E79A65 #71E765

split-complementary

#65B2E7 #E76571 #E7DB65

monochromatic

#1C77B5 #3098DF #65B2E7 #9ACCEF #CFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#65B2E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#65B2E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B2E7

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B2E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B2E7	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB2E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A4E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b2e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 178, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.109 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ac8ee',
    500: '#65b2e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b2e7;
$custom-light: #9ac8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b2e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.462,
    "s": 73.034,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73509,
    "c": 0.10858,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B2E7

secondary

#EAD0BE

accent

#6110D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FD

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B2E7

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

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