#65BBDE#65BBDE

#65BBDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.097 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65BBDE
RGB	rgb(101, 187, 222)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(197, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 15.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -16.25, -25.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 30.21, 237.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0665 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.097 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3169, 43.5780, 75.5906)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65BBDE #DE8865

analogous

#65DEC4 #65BBDE #657EDE

triadic

#65BBDE #DE65BB #BBDE65

tetradic

#65BBDE #C465DE #DE8865 #7EDE65

square

#65BBDE #C465DE #DE8865 #7EDE65

split-complementary

#65BBDE #DE657E #DEC465

monochromatic

#2380A5 #33A5D3 #65BBDE #97D1E9 #CAE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#65BBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#65BBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65BBDE

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65BBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65BBDE	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ABDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65bbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 187, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.097 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99cfe8',
    500: '#65bbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65bbde;
$custom-light: #99cfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65bbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.355,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75152,
    "c": 0.0971,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65BBDE

secondary

#E5C6BA

accent

#4D19CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65BBDE

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

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