#65B8DF#65B8DF

#65B8DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.099 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B8DF
RGB	rgb(101, 184, 223)
HSL	hsl(199, 66%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(199, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 17.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -14.38, -27.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 30.82, 242.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0628 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.099 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8216, 42.3722, 76.0886)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B8DF #DF8C65

analogous

#65DFC9 #65B8DF #657BDF

triadic

#65B8DF #DF65B8 #B8DF65

tetradic

#65B8DF #C965DF #DF8C65 #7BDF65

square

#65B8DF #C965DF #DF8C65 #7BDF65

split-complementary

#65B8DF #DF657B #DFC965

monochromatic

#237DA7 #32A1D4 #65B8DF #98CFEA #CAE7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#65B8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#65B8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B8DF

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B8DF	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B6E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 184, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.099 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99cde9',
    500: '#65b8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b8df;
$custom-light: #99cde9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.18,
    "s": 65.591,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74512,
    "c": 0.09851,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B8DF

secondary

#E6C8BA

accent

#5218CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B8DF

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

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