#65B4ED#65B4ED

#65B4ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.114 H 241.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B4ED
RGB	rgb(101, 180, 237)
HSL	hsl(205, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(205, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 24.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -8.03, -35.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 36.68, 257.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0537 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.114 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9685, 41.5203, 86.1704)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B4ED #ED9E65

analogous

#65EDE2 #65B4ED #6570ED

triadic

#65B4ED #ED65B4 #B4ED65

tetradic

#65B4ED #E265ED #ED9E65 #70ED65

square

#65B4ED #E265ED #ED9E65 #70ED65

split-complementary

#65B4ED #ED6570 #EDE265

monochromatic

#177AC1 #2E99E7 #65B4ED #9CCFF3 #D3E9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#65B4ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#65B4ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B4ED

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B4ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B4ED	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b4ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 180, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.114 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bcaf3',
    500: '#65b4ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b4ed;
$custom-light: #9bcaf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b4ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.147,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74225,
    "c": 0.11377,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B4ED

secondary

#EDD3C1

accent

#620ADB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FD

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B4ED

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

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