#65B4E6#65B4E6

#65B4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.106 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B4E6
RGB	rgb(101, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(203, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(203, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -10.16, -32.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 33.97, 252.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.056 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.107 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9657, 41.1192, 80.8890)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B4E6 #E69765

analogous

#65E6D8 #65B4E6 #6573E6

triadic

#65B4E6 #E665B4 #B4E665

tetradic

#65B4E6 #D865E6 #E69765 #73E665

square

#65B4E6 #D865E6 #E69765 #73E665

split-complementary

#65B4E6 #E66573 #E6D865

monochromatic

#1D79B3 #309ADD #65B4E6 #9ACEEF #CEE7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#65B4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#65B4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B4E6

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B4E6	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB3E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA6E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.106 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9acaee',
    500: '#65b4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b4e6;
$custom-light: #9acaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.256,
    "s": 72.067,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73911,
    "c": 0.1065,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B4E6

secondary

#E9CEBD

accent

#5D11D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FD

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B4E6

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

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