#65B9EE#65B9EE

#65B9EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.112 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65B9EE
RGB	rgb(101, 185, 238)
HSL	hsl(203, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(203, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 22.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -10.44, -34.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 35.66, 252.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0587 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.112 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1426, 43.6342, 87.2845)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65B9EE #EE9A65

analogous

#65EEDF #65B9EE #6575EE

triadic

#65B9EE #EE65B9 #B9EE65

tetradic

#65B9EE #DF65EE #EE9A65 #75EE65

square

#65B9EE #DF65EE #EE9A65 #75EE65

split-complementary

#65B9EE #EE6575 #EEDF65

monochromatic

#1680C3 #2EA0E8 #65B9EE #9CD2F4 #D3EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#65B9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#65B9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65B9EE

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65B9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65B9EE	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAAED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65b9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 185, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.112 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bcef3',
    500: '#65b9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65b9ee;
$custom-light: #9bcef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65b9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.212,
    "s": 80.117,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75381,
    "c": 0.11204,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65B9EE

secondary

#EED2C1

accent

#5B09DC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #65B9EE

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

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