#65B4EE#65B4EE

#65B4EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.115 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B4EE
RGB	rgb(101, 180, 238)
HSL	hsl(205, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(205, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 24.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, -7.73, -36.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 37.09, 257.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0534 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.115 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1150, 41.5789, 86.9420)
Luminance	0.4158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B4EE #EE9F65

analogous

#65EEE3 #65B4EE #6570EE

triadic

#65B4EE #EE65B4 #B4EE65

tetradic

#65B4EE #E365EE #EE9F65 #70EE65

square

#65B4EE #E365EE #EE9F65 #70EE65

split-complementary

#65B4EE #EE6570 #EEE365

monochromatic

#167AC3 #2E99E8 #65B4EE #9CCFF4 #D3EAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#65B4EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#65B4EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B4EE

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B4EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B4EE	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b4ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 180, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.115 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bcaf3',
    500: '#65b4ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b4ee;
$custom-light: #9bcaf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b4ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.401,
    "s": 80.117,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7427,
    "c": 0.11484,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B4EE

secondary

#EED4C1

accent

#6309DC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FD

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B4EE

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

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