#65BCD4#65BCD4

#65BCD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.091 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65BCD4
RGB	rgb(101, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(193, 52%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -19.64, -20.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 28.11, 225.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0714 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.091 218)
XYZ	xyz(35.2291, 43.4835, 68.8112)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65BCD4 #D47D65

analogous

#65D4B5 #65BCD4 #6585D4

triadic

#65BCD4 #D465BC #BCD465

tetradic

#65BCD4 #B565D4 #D47D65 #85D465

square

#65BCD4 #B565D4 #D47D65 #85D465

split-complementary

#65BCD4 #D46585 #D4B565

monochromatic

#2A7E95 #37A6C5 #65BCD4 #95D1E1 #C5E6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#65BCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#65BCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65BCD4

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65BCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65BCD4	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB7D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CABD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14C4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65bcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.091 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99d0e1',
    500: '#65bcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65bcd4;
$custom-light: #99d0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65bcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.973,
    "s": 56.345,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74985,
    "c": 0.09051,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.43487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65BCD4

secondary

#DFBFB6

accent

#4522C4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #65BCD4

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

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