#65B5DD#65B5DD

#65B5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.098 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B5DD
RGB	rgb(101, 181, 221)
HSL	hsl(200, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(200, 54%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 18.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -13.38, -27.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 30.67, 244.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0602 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.098 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9370, 41.0318, 74.4714)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B5DD #DD8D65

analogous

#65DDC9 #65B5DD #6579DD

triadic

#65B5DD #DD65B5 #B5DD65

tetradic

#65B5DD #C965DD #DD8D65 #79DD65

square

#65B5DD #C965DD #DD8D65 #79DD65

split-complementary

#65B5DD #DD6579 #DDC965

monochromatic

#2479A4 #339DD2 #65B5DD #97CDE8 #C9E5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#65B5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#65B5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B5DD

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B5DD	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 181, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.098 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99cbe7',
    500: '#65b5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b5dd;
$custom-light: #99cbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73749,
    "c": 0.09762,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B5DD

secondary

#E4C8B9

accent

#551ACC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B5DD

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

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