#65B4DC#65B4DC

#65B4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.097 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B4DC
RGB	rgb(101, 180, 220)
HSL	hsl(200, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(200, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 18.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, -13.14, -27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 30.52, 244.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.0594 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.097 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6015, 40.5735, 73.7043)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B4DC #DC8D65

analogous

#65DCC8 #65B4DC #6578DC

triadic

#65B4DC #DC65B4 #B4DC65

tetradic

#65B4DC #C865DC #DC8D65 #78DC65

square

#65B4DC #C865DC #DC8D65 #78DC65

split-complementary

#65B4DC #DC6578 #DCC865

monochromatic

#2578A2 #339CD1 #65B4DC #97CCE7 #C9E5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#65B4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#65B4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B4DC

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B4DC	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 180, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.097 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99cae7',
    500: '#65b4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b4dc;
$custom-light: #99cae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.168,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7348,
    "c": 0.09703,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B4DC

secondary

#E4C7B9

accent

#561BCB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B4DC

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

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