#65B5EF#65B5EF

#65B5EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.115 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B5EF
RGB	rgb(101, 181, 239)
HSL	hsl(205, 81%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(205, 58%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 24.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -7.97, -36.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 37.18, 257.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0541 -0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.115 242)
XYZ	xyz(37.4649, 42.0430, 87.7854)
Luminance	0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B5EF #EF9F65

analogous

#65EFE4 #65B5EF #6570EF

triadic

#65B5EF #EF65B5 #B5EF65

tetradic

#65B5EF #E465EF #EF9F65 #70EF65

square

#65B5EF #E465EF #EF9F65 #70EF65

split-complementary

#65B5EF #EF6570 #EFE465

monochromatic

#147BC5 #2E9AE9 #65B5EF #9CD0F5 #D4EAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#65B5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#65B5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B5EF

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B5EF	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB5F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A7EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 181, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.115 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bcbf4',
    500: '#65b5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b5ef;
$custom-light: #9bcbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.217,
    "s": 81.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74538,
    "c": 0.11531,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.42046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B5EF

secondary

#EED4C2

accent

#6208DE

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B5EF

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

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