#65BADE#65BADE

#65BADE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.097 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65BADE
RGB	rgb(101, 186, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(198, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 16.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, -15.73, -25.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 30.30, 238.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0654 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.097 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1055, 43.1552, 75.5202)
Luminance	0.4316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65BADE #DE8965

analogous

#65DEC5 #65BADE #657DDE

triadic

#65BADE #DE65BA #BADE65

tetradic

#65BADE #C565DE #DE8965 #7DDE65

square

#65BADE #C565DE #DE8965 #7DDE65

split-complementary

#65BADE #DE657D #DEC565

monochromatic

#237FA5 #33A3D3 #65BADE #97D1E9 #CAE7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#65BADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#65BADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65BADE

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65BADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65BADE	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B7E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AADE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65bade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 186, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.097 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99cee8',
    500: '#65bade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65bade;
$custom-light: #99cee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65bade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.851,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74924,
    "c": 0.09727,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65BADE

secondary

#E5C7BA

accent

#4E19CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65BADE

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

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