#65BCD8#65BCD8

#65BCD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.093 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65BCD8
RGB	rgb(101, 188, 216)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 53%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -18.50, -22.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 28.81, 230.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.0698 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.093 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7400, 43.6878, 71.5016)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65BCD8 #D88165

analogous

#65D8BB #65BCD8 #6583D8

triadic

#65BCD8 #D865BC #BCD865

tetradic

#65BCD8 #BB65D8 #D88165 #83D865

square

#65BCD8 #BB65D8 #D88165 #83D865

split-complementary

#65BCD8 #D86583 #D8BB65

monochromatic

#277F9B #34A7CC #65BCD8 #96D1E4 #C7E6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#65BCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#65BCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65BCD8

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65BCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65BCD8	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)

#ABB8DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AABD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65bcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 188, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.093 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99d0e4',
    500: '#65bcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65bcd8;
$custom-light: #99d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65bcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.609,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7514,
    "c": 0.09286,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65BCD8

secondary

#E2C2B7

accent

#471EC7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #65BCD8

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

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