#65BCDD#65BCDD

#65BCDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.096 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65BCDD
RGB	rgb(101, 188, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(197, 54%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 14.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -17.07, -24.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 29.89, 235.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.068 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.096 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3962, 43.9503, 74.9578)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65BCDD #DD8665

analogous

#65DDC2 #65BCDD #6580DD

triadic

#65BCDD #DD65BC #BCDD65

tetradic

#65BCDD #C265DD #DD8665 #80DD65

square

#65BCDD #C265DD #DD8665 #80DD65

split-complementary

#65BCDD #DD6580 #DDC265

monochromatic

#2480A4 #33A6D2 #65BCDD #97D2E8 #C9E8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#65BCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#65BCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65BCDD

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65BCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65BCDD	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ABDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65bcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 188, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.096 225.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65bcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.5,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75339,
    "c": 0.09624,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65BCDD

secondary

#E4C5B9

accent

#4B1ACC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65BCDD

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

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