#65B5EE#65B5EE

#65B5EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.114 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B5EE
RGB	rgb(101, 181, 238)
HSL	hsl(205, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(205, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 23.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -8.27, -35.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 36.78, 257.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0544 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.114 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3176, 41.9841, 87.0095)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B5EE #EE9E65

analogous

#65EEE3 #65B5EE #6571EE

triadic

#65B5EE #EE65B5 #B5EE65

tetradic

#65B5EE #E365EE #EE9E65 #71EE65

square

#65B5EE #E365EE #EE9E65 #71EE65

split-complementary

#65B5EE #EE6571 #EEE365

monochromatic

#167BC3 #2E9BE8 #65B5EE #9CCFF4 #D3EAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#65B5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#65B5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B5EE

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B5EE	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 181, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.114 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bcbf3',
    500: '#65b5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b5ee;
$custom-light: #9bcbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.964,
    "s": 80.117,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74492,
    "c": 0.11424,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B5EE

secondary

#EED4C1

accent

#6109DC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FD

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B5EE

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

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