#65B2E9#65B2E9

#65B2E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.111 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B2E9
RGB	rgb(101, 178, 233)
HSL	hsl(205, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(205, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 23.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -8.16, -34.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 35.68, 256.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0528 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.111 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9898, 40.4875, 82.9933)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B2E9 #E99C65

analogous

#65E9DE #65B2E9 #6570E9

triadic

#65B2E9 #E965B2 #B2E965

tetradic

#65B2E9 #DE65E9 #E99C65 #70E965

square

#65B2E9 #DE65E9 #E99C65 #70E965

split-complementary

#65B2E9 #E96570 #E9DE65

monochromatic

#1A77B9 #2F97E1 #65B2E9 #9BCDF1 #D0E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#65B2E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#65B2E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B2E9

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B2E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B2E9	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A5E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b2e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 178, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.111 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ac8f0',
    500: '#65b2e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b2e9;
$custom-light: #9ac8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b2e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73599,
    "c": 0.1107,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B2E9

secondary

#EBD1BF

accent

#620ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FD

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B2E9

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

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