#65B8EC#65B8EC

#65B8EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.111 H 238.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B8EC
RGB	rgb(101, 184, 236)
HSL	hsl(203, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(203, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 22%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -10.50, -33.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 35.17, 252.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.0583 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.111 238.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6420, 43.1004, 85.6761)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B8EC #EC9965

analogous

#65ECDC #65B8EC #6574EC

triadic

#65B8EC #EC65B8 #B8EC65

tetradic

#65B8EC #DC65EC #EC9965 #74EC65

square

#65B8EC #DC65EC #EC9965 #74EC65

split-complementary

#65B8EC #EC6574 #ECDC65

monochromatic

#187FBF #2F9FE5 #65B8EC #9BD1F3 #D2EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#65B8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#65B8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B8EC

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B8EC	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA9EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 184, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.111 238.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bcdf2',
    500: '#65b8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b8ec;
$custom-light: #9bcdf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.111,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7507,
    "c": 0.11054,
    "h": 238.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B8EC

secondary

#EDD1C0

accent

#5B0BDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FD

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B8EC

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

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