#65BAE8#65BAE8

#65BAE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.106 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65BAE8
RGB	rgb(101, 186, 232)
HSL	hsl(201, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(201, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 19.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -12.78, -30.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 33.31, 247.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.0618 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.106 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4857, 43.7073, 82.7892)
Luminance	0.4371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65BAE8 #E89365

analogous

#65E8D5 #65BAE8 #6578E8

triadic

#65BAE8 #E865BA #BAE865

tetradic

#65BAE8 #D565E8 #E89365 #78E865

square

#65BAE8 #D565E8 #E89365 #78E865

split-complementary

#65BAE8 #E86578 #E8D565

monochromatic

#1B81B7 #30A2E0 #65BAE8 #9AD2F0 #CFEAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#65BAE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#65BAE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65BAE8

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65BAE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65BAE8	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B8EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65bae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 186, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.106 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9aceef',
    500: '#65bae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65bae8;
$custom-light: #9aceef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65bae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.069,
    "s": 74.011,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75343,
    "c": 0.10581,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65BAE8

secondary

#EACEBE

accent

#550FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FD

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65BAE8

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

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