#65B8DB#65B8DB

#65B8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.095 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B8DB
RGB	rgb(101, 184, 219)
HSL	hsl(198, 62%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 16%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, -15.55, -25.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 29.70, 238.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0643 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.095 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2887, 42.1590, 73.2820)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B8DB #DB8865

analogous

#65DBC3 #65B8DB #657DDB

triadic

#65B8DB #DB65B8 #B8DB65

tetradic

#65B8DB #C365DB #DB8865 #7DDB65

square

#65B8DB #C365DB #DB8865 #7DDB65

split-complementary

#65B8DB #DB657D #DBC365

monochromatic

#257CA0 #33A1CF #65B8DB #97CFE7 #C8E6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#65B8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#65B8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B8DB

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B8DB	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B5DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A8DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 184, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.095 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99cde6',
    500: '#65b8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b8db;
$custom-light: #99cde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.797,
    "s": 62.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74347,
    "c": 0.09526,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B8DB

secondary

#E3C5B9

accent

#4F1CCA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B8DB

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

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