#65B4E8#65B4E8

#65B4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.109 H 239.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B4E8
RGB	rgb(101, 180, 232)
HSL	hsl(204, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 22.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -9.55, -33.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 34.72, 254.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0553 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.109 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.2482, 41.2322, 82.3767)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B4E8 #E89965

analogous

#65E8DB #65B4E8 #6572E8

triadic

#65B4E8 #E865B4 #B4E865

tetradic

#65B4E8 #DB65E8 #E89965 #72E865

square

#65B4E8 #DB65E8 #E89965 #72E865

split-complementary

#65B4E8 #E86572 #E8DB65

monochromatic

#1B79B7 #309AE0 #65B4E8 #9ACEF0 #CFE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#65B4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#65B4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B4E8

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B4E8	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA6E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 180, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.109 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9acaef',
    500: '#65b4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b4e8;
$custom-light: #9acaef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.817,
    "s": 74.011,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74,
    "c": 0.10854,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B4E8

secondary

#EAD0BE

accent

#5E0FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FD

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B4E8

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

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