#65B4E9#65B4E9

#65B4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.110 H 239.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B4E9
RGB	rgb(101, 180, 233)
HSL	hsl(204, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 22.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, -9.25, -33.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 35.11, 254.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.055 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.11 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3906, 41.2891, 83.1269)
Luminance	0.4129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B4E9 #E99A65

analogous

#65E9DC #65B4E9 #6572E9

triadic

#65B4E9 #E965B4 #B4E965

tetradic

#65B4E9 #DC65E9 #E99A65 #72E965

square

#65B4E9 #DC65E9 #E99A65 #72E965

split-complementary

#65B4E9 #E96572 #E9DC65

monochromatic

#1A79B9 #2F9AE1 #65B4E9 #9BCEF1 #D0E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#65B4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#65B4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B4E9

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B4E9	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 180, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.110 239.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9acaf0',
    500: '#65b4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b4e9;
$custom-light: #9acaf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.091,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74044,
    "c": 0.10956,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B4E9

secondary

#EBD1BF

accent

#5F0ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FD

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B4E9

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

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