#65B5CE#65B5CE

#65B5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.086 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B5CE
RGB	rgb(101, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(194, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(194, 51%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -17.71, -20.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 26.86, 228.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0658 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.086 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0271, 40.2679, 64.4126)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B5CE #CE7E65

analogous

#65CEB3 #65B5CE #6580CE

triadic

#65B5CE #CE65B5 #B5CE65

tetradic

#65B5CE #B365CE #CE7E65 #80CE65

square

#65B5CE #B365CE #CE7E65 #80CE65

split-complementary

#65B5CE #CE6580 #CEB365

monochromatic

#2D758C #3B9CBA #65B5CE #93CBDD #C2E2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#65B5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#65B5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B5CE

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B5CE	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24BDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.086 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98cbdd',
    500: '#65b5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b5ce;
$custom-light: #98cbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.286,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73142,
    "c": 0.08632,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B5CE

secondary

#DCBDB3

accent

#4B26BF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B5CE

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

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