#65B8EE#65B8EE

#65B8EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.113 H 239.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B8EE
RGB	rgb(101, 184, 238)
HSL	hsl(204, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(204, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 22.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, -9.90, -34.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 35.92, 254.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.0577 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.113 239.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9342, 43.2172, 87.2150)
Luminance	0.4322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B8EE #EE9B65

analogous

#65EEE0 #65B8EE #6574EE

triadic

#65B8EE #EE65B8 #B8EE65

tetradic

#65B8EE #E065EE #EE9B65 #74EE65

square

#65B8EE #E065EE #EE9B65 #74EE65

split-complementary

#65B8EE #EE6574 #EEE065

monochromatic

#167FC3 #2E9FE8 #65B8EE #9CD1F4 #D3EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#65B8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#65B8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B8EE

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B8EE	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 184, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.113 239.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bcdf3',
    500: '#65b8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b8ee;
$custom-light: #9bcdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.65,
    "s": 80.117,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75159,
    "c": 0.11255,
    "h": 239.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B8EE

secondary

#EED3C1

accent

#5C09DC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B8EE

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

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