#65BCDE#65BCDE

#65BCDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.097 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65BCDE
RGB	rgb(101, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(197, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -16.78, -25.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 30.13, 236.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0676 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.097 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5298, 44.0038, 75.6616)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65BCDE #DE8765

analogous

#65DEC4 #65BCDE #657FDE

triadic

#65BCDE #DE65BC #BCDE65

tetradic

#65BCDE #C465DE #DE8765 #7FDE65

square

#65BCDE #C465DE #DE8765 #7FDE65

split-complementary

#65BCDE #DE657F #DEC465

monochromatic

#2381A5 #33A6D3 #65BCDE #97D2E9 #CAE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#65BCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#65BCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65BCDE

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65BCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65BCDE	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ABDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65bcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.097 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ad0e8',
    500: '#65bcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65bcde;
$custom-light: #9ad0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65bcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.86,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75379,
    "c": 0.09697,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65BCDE

secondary

#E5C6BA

accent

#4B19CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65BCDE

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

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