#65B3DE#65B3DE

#65B3DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.099 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B3DE
RGB	rgb(101, 179, 222)
HSL	hsl(201, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 19.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -12.01, -28.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 31.35, 247.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% -0.0576 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.099 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6668, 40.2778, 75.0406)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B3DE #DE9065

analogous

#65DECC #65B3DE #6576DE

triadic

#65B3DE #DE65B3 #B3DE65

tetradic

#65B3DE #CC65DE #DE9065 #76DE65

square

#65B3DE #CC65DE #DE9065 #76DE65

split-complementary

#65B3DE #DE6576 #DECC65

monochromatic

#2377A5 #339AD3 #65B3DE #97CCE9 #CAE5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#65B3DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#65B3DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B3DE

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B3DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B3DE	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)

#9FB1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b3de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 179, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.099 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99c9e8',
    500: '#65b3de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b3de;
$custom-light: #99c9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b3de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.322,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73339,
    "c": 0.09919,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B3DE

secondary

#E5C9BA

accent

#5919CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B3DE

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

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