#65B4BE#65B4BE

#65B4BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.079 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B4BE
RGB	rgb(101, 180, 190)
HSL	hsl(187, 41%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 47%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -21.60, -12.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 25.03, 210.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0709 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.079 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9788, 39.1244, 54.6245)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B4BE #BE6F65

analogous

#65BE9C #65B4BE #6587BE

triadic

#65B4BE #BE65B4 #B4BE65

tetradic

#65B4BE #9C65BE #BE6F65 #87BE65

square

#65B4BE #9C65BE #BE6F65 #87BE65

split-complementary

#65B4BE #BE6587 #BE9C65

monochromatic

#326F77 #4497A2 #65B4BE #90C9D0 #BBDEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#65B4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#65B4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B4BE

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B4BE	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 180, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.079 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97cad1',
    500: '#65b4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b4be;
$custom-light: #97cad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.742,
    "s": 40.639,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72312,
    "c": 0.07903,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B4BE

secondary

#D1B1AD

accent

#6557D0

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B4BE

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

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