#65B5ED#65B5ED

#65B5ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.113 H 241.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B5ED
RGB	rgb(101, 181, 237)
HSL	hsl(205, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(205, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 23.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -8.58, -35.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 36.38, 256.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0548 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.113 241.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1711, 41.9255, 86.2379)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B5ED #ED9D65

analogous

#65EDE1 #65B5ED #6571ED

triadic

#65B5ED #ED65B5 #B5ED65

tetradic

#65B5ED #E165ED #ED9D65 #71ED65

square

#65B5ED #E165ED #ED9D65 #71ED65

split-complementary

#65B5ED #ED6571 #EDE165

monochromatic

#177BC1 #2E9BE7 #65B5ED #9CCFF3 #D3EAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#65B5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#65B5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B5ED

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B5ED	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA7EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 181, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.113 241.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bcbf3',
    500: '#65b5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b5ed;
$custom-light: #9bcbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.706,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74447,
    "c": 0.11318,
    "h": 241.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B5ED

secondary

#EDD3C1

accent

#600ADB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FD

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B5ED

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

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