#65B5EC#65B5EC

#65B5EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.112 H 240.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B5EC
RGB	rgb(101, 181, 236)
HSL	hsl(204, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(204, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 23.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -8.88, -34.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 35.99, 255.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.0551 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.112 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0254, 41.8672, 85.4706)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B5EC #EC9C65

analogous

#65ECDF #65B5EC #6571EC

triadic

#65B5EC #EC65B5 #B5EC65

tetradic

#65B5EC #DF65EC #EC9C65 #71EC65

square

#65B5EC #DF65EC #EC9C65 #71EC65

split-complementary

#65B5EC #EC6571 #ECDF65

monochromatic

#187BBF #2F9BE5 #65B5EC #9BCFF3 #D2E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#65B5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#65B5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B5EC

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B5EC	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 181, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.112 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bcbf2',
    500: '#65b5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b5ec;
$custom-light: #9bcbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.444,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74402,
    "c": 0.11213,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B5EC

secondary

#EDD2C0

accent

#600BDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FD

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B5EC

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

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