#65BAE9#65BAE9

#65BAE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.107 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65BAE9
RGB	rgb(101, 186, 233)
HSL	hsl(201, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(201, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 20.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, -12.48, -31.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 33.65, 248.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.0615 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.107 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6282, 43.7643, 83.5394)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65BAE9 #E99465

analogous

#65E9D6 #65BAE9 #6578E9

triadic

#65BAE9 #E965BA #BAE965

tetradic

#65BAE9 #D665E9 #E99465 #78E965

square

#65BAE9 #D665E9 #E99465 #78E965

split-complementary

#65BAE9 #E96578 #E9D665

monochromatic

#1A81B9 #2FA2E1 #65BAE9 #9BD2F1 #D0EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#65BAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#65BAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65BAE9

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65BAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65BAE9	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B8EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ABE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65bae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 186, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.107 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bcef0',
    500: '#65bae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65bae9;
$custom-light: #9bcef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65bae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.364,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75386,
    "c": 0.10674,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65BAE9

secondary

#EBCFBF

accent

#560ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FD

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65BAE9

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

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