#65B3CD#65B3CD

#65B3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.086 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B3CD
RGB	rgb(101, 179, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -16.94, -20.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 26.66, 230.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0638 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.086 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5022, 39.4119, 63.6403)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B3CD #CD7F65

analogous

#65CDB3 #65B3CD #657FCD

triadic

#65B3CD #CD65B3 #B3CD65

tetradic

#65B3CD #B365CD #CD7F65 #7FCD65

square

#65B3CD #B365CD #CD7F65 #7FCD65

split-complementary

#65B3CD #CD657F #CDB365

monochromatic

#2D738B #3C9AB9 #65B3CD #93CADC #C1E1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#65B3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#65B3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B3CD

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B3CD	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 179, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.086 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98c9dc',
    500: '#65b3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b3cd;
$custom-light: #98c9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72642,
    "c": 0.08558,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B3CD

secondary

#DBBDB3

accent

#714DDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B3CD

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

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