#65B4EF#65B4EF

#65B4EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.116 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B4EF
RGB	rgb(101, 180, 239)
HSL	hsl(206, 81%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(206, 58%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 24.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -7.42, -36.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 37.49, 258.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0531 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.116 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2623, 41.6378, 87.7178)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B4EF #EFA065

analogous

#65EFE5 #65B4EF #656FEF

triadic

#65B4EF #EF65B4 #B4EF65

tetradic

#65B4EF #E565EF #EFA065 #6FEF65

square

#65B4EF #E565EF #EFA065 #6FEF65

split-complementary

#65B4EF #EF656F #EFE565

monochromatic

#147AC5 #2E99E9 #65B4EF #9CCFF5 #D4EAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#65B4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#65B4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B4EF

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B4EF	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB5F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A7EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 180, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.116 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bcaf4',
    500: '#65b4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b4ef;
$custom-light: #9bcaf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.652,
    "s": 81.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74316,
    "c": 0.11593,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B4EF

secondary

#EED5C2

accent

#6308DE

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B4EF

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

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