#65BCDB#65BCDB

#65BCDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.095 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65BCDB
RGB	rgb(101, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -17.64, -23.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 29.43, 233.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.0687 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.095 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1313, 43.8444, 73.5628)
Luminance	0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65BCDB #DB8465

analogous

#65DBBF #65BCDB #6581DB

triadic

#65BCDB #DB65BC #BCDB65

tetradic

#65BCDB #BF65DB #DB8465 #81DB65

square

#65BCDB #BF65DB #DB8465 #81DB65

split-complementary

#65BCDB #DB6581 #DBBF65

monochromatic

#2580A0 #33A6CF #65BCDB #97D2E7 #C8E7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#65BCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#65BCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65BCDB

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65BCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65BCDB	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ABDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65bcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.095 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99d0e6',
    500: '#65bcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65bcdb;
$custom-light: #99d0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65bcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.763,
    "s": 62.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75259,
    "c": 0.09484,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65BCDB

secondary

#E3C4B9

accent

#491CCA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65BCDB

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

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