#65BCD9#65BCD9

#65BCD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.094 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65BCD9
RGB	rgb(101, 188, 217)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(195, 53%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 13.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, -18.22, -22.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 29.01, 231.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0695 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.094 222)
XYZ	xyz(35.8696, 43.7397, 72.1845)
Luminance	0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65BCD9 #D98265

analogous

#65D9BC #65BCD9 #6582D9

triadic

#65BCD9 #D965BC #BCD965

tetradic

#65BCD9 #BC65D9 #D98265 #82D965

square

#65BCD9 #BC65D9 #D98265 #82D965

split-complementary

#65BCD9 #D96582 #D9BC65

monochromatic

#277F9D #34A7CD #65BCD9 #96D1E5 #C7E7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#65BCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#65BCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65BCD9

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65BCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65BCD9	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)

#ABB8DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AABD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65bcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 188, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.094 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99d0e4',
    500: '#65bcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65bcd9;
$custom-light: #99d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65bcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 60.417,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75179,
    "c": 0.09351,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.43743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65BCD9

secondary

#E2C2B8

accent

#481DC8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0F1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #65BCD9

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

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