#65B5E8#65B5E8

#65B5E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.108 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B5E8
RGB	rgb(101, 181, 232)
HSL	hsl(203, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(203, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 22%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -10.10, -32.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 34.46, 252.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0564 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.108 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4508, 41.6374, 82.4442)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B5E8 #E89865

analogous

#65E8DA #65B5E8 #6573E8

triadic

#65B5E8 #E865B5 #B5E865

tetradic

#65B5E8 #DA65E8 #E89865 #73E865

square

#65B5E8 #DA65E8 #E89865 #73E865

split-complementary

#65B5E8 #E86573 #E8DA65

monochromatic

#1B7BB7 #309BE0 #65B5E8 #9ACFF0 #CFE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#65B5E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#65B5E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B5E8

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B5E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B5E8	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)

#9EB4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA7E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b5e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 181, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.108 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9acbef',
    500: '#65b5e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b5e8;
$custom-light: #9acbef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b5e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.359,
    "s": 74.011,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74223,
    "c": 0.10802,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B5E8

secondary

#EAD0BE

accent

#5D0FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FD

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B5E8

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

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