#65B4E1#65B4E1

#65B4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.102 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B4E1
RGB	rgb(101, 180, 225)
HSL	hsl(202, 67%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 55%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 20%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -11.66, -29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 32.17, 248.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.0577 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.102 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2736, 40.8423, 77.2441)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B4E1 #E19265

analogous

#65E1D0 #65B4E1 #6576E1

triadic

#65B4E1 #E165B4 #B4E165

tetradic

#65B4E1 #D065E1 #E19265 #76E165

square

#65B4E1 #D065E1 #E19265 #76E165

split-complementary

#65B4E1 #E16576 #E1D065

monochromatic

#2179AA #329BD7 #65B4E1 #98CDEB #CBE6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#65B4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#65B4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B4E1

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B4E1	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB3E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA6E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 180, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.102 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99caea',
    500: '#65b4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b4e1;
$custom-light: #99caea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.774,
    "s": 67.391,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73693,
    "c": 0.10162,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B4E1

secondary

#E7CBBB

accent

#5916CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B4E1

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

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