#65BCBE#65BCBE

#65BCBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.084 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65BCBE
RGB	rgb(101, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 41%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(181, 47%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -25.63, -9.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 27.21, 199.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0802 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.084 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6406, 42.4481, 55.1784)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65BCBE #BE6765

analogous

#65BE93 #65BCBE #6590BE

triadic

#65BCBE #BE65BC #BCBE65

tetradic

#65BCBE #9365BE #BE6765 #90BE65

square

#65BCBE #9365BE #BE6765 #90BE65

split-complementary

#65BCBE #BE6590 #BE9365

monochromatic

#327577 #449FA2 #65BCBE #90CFD0 #BBE1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#65BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#65BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65BCBE

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65BCBE	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.084 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d0d1',
    500: '#65bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65bcbe;
$custom-light: #97d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.348,
    "s": 40.639,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74188,
    "c": 0.08412,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65BCBE

secondary

#D1AEAD

accent

#5A57D0

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #65BCBE

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

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