#65B5BE#65B5BE

#65B5BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.080 H 205.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B5BE
RGB	rgb(101, 181, 190)
HSL	hsl(186, 41%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(186, 47%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -22.11, -12.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 25.25, 208.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0721 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.08 205)
XYZ	xyz(31.1814, 39.5296, 54.6920)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B5BE #BE6E65

analogous

#65BE9A #65B5BE #6589BE

triadic

#65B5BE #BE65B5 #B5BE65

tetradic

#65B5BE #9A65BE #BE6E65 #89BE65

square

#65B5BE #9A65BE #BE6E65 #89BE65

split-complementary

#65B5BE #BE6589 #BE9A65

monochromatic

#327077 #4498A2 #65B5BE #90CAD0 #BBDEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#65B5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#65B5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B5BE

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B5BE	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35BBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 181, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.080 205.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97cbd1',
    500: '#65b5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b5be;
$custom-light: #97cbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.067,
    "s": 40.639,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72545,
    "c": 0.07957,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.39532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B5BE

secondary

#D1B1AD

accent

#6457D0

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B5BE

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

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