#65B4DF#65B4DF

#65B4DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.100 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B4DF
RGB	rgb(101, 180, 223)
HSL	hsl(201, 66%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 19.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -12.25, -29.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 31.49, 247.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0584 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.1 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0024, 40.7339, 75.8156)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B4DF #DF9065

analogous

#65DFCD #65B4DF #6577DF

triadic

#65B4DF #DF65B4 #B4DF65

tetradic

#65B4DF #CD65DF #DF9065 #77DF65

square

#65B4DF #CD65DF #DF9065 #77DF65

split-complementary

#65B4DF #DF6577 #DFCD65

monochromatic

#2378A7 #329BD4 #65B4DF #98CDEA #CAE5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#65B4DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#65B4DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B4DF

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B4DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B4DF	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB2E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b4df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 180, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.100 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99cae9',
    500: '#65b4df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b4df;
$custom-light: #99cae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b4df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.148,
    "s": 65.591,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73607,
    "c": 0.09975,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B4DF

secondary

#E6CABA

accent

#5818CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B4DF

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

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