#65BCDC#65BCDC

#65BCDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.096 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65BCDC
RGB	rgb(101, 188, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -17.36, -24.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 29.65, 234.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.0683 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.096 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2634, 43.8972, 74.2583)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65BCDC #DC8565

analogous

#65DCC0 #65BCDC #6581DC

triadic

#65BCDC #DC65BC #BCDC65

tetradic

#65BCDC #C065DC #DC8565 #81DC65

square

#65BCDC #C065DC #DC8565 #81DC65

split-complementary

#65BCDC #DC6581 #DCC065

monochromatic

#2580A2 #33A6D1 #65BCDC #97D2E7 #C9E7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#65BCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#65BCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65BCDC

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65BCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65BCDC	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ABDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65bcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 188, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.096 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99d0e7',
    500: '#65bcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65bcdc;
$custom-light: #99d0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65bcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.134,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75299,
    "c": 0.09553,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65BCDC

secondary

#E4C4B9

accent

#4A1BCB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65BCDC

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

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