#65B9EC#65B9EC

#65B9EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.110 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B9EC
RGB	rgb(101, 185, 236)
HSL	hsl(203, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(203, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 21.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -11.04, -33.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 34.92, 251.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.0594 -0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.11 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8504, 43.5173, 85.7456)
Luminance	0.4352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B9EC #EC9865

analogous

#65ECDC #65B9EC #6575EC

triadic

#65B9EC #EC65B9 #B9EC65

tetradic

#65B9EC #DC65EC #EC9865 #75EC65

square

#65B9EC #DC65EC #EC9865 #75EC65

split-complementary

#65B9EC #EC6575 #ECDC65

monochromatic

#1880BF #2FA0E5 #65B9EC #9BD2F3 #D2EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#65B9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#65B9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B9EC

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B9EC	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FAAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 185, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.110 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bcef2',
    500: '#65b9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b9ec;
$custom-light: #9bcef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.667,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75293,
    "c": 0.11005,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B9EC

secondary

#EDD1C0

accent

#590BDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FD

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B9EC

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

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