#65B4CE#65B4CE

#65B4CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.086 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B4CE
RGB	rgb(101, 180, 206)
HSL	hsl(195, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 51%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 12.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -17.18, -20.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 26.86, 230.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0646 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.086 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8245, 39.8627, 64.3451)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B4CE #CE7F65

analogous

#65CEB3 #65B4CE #6580CE

triadic

#65B4CE #CE65B4 #B4CE65

tetradic

#65B4CE #B365CE #CE7F65 #80CE65

square

#65B4CE #B365CE #CE7F65 #80CE65

split-complementary

#65B4CE #CE6580 #CEB365

monochromatic

#2D748C #3B9BBA #65B4CE #93CBDD #C2E1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#65B4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#65B4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B4CE

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B4CE	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24BCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 180, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.086 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98cadd',
    500: '#65b4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b4ce;
$custom-light: #98cadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.857,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72911,
    "c": 0.08626,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B4CE

secondary

#DCBDB3

accent

#4C26BF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B4CE

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

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