#65BCDF#65BCDF

#65BCDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.098 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65BCDF
RGB	rgb(101, 188, 223)
HSL	hsl(197, 66%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 15.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -16.49, -25.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 30.38, 237.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.0672 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.098 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6643, 44.0576, 76.3695)
Luminance	0.4406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65BCDF #DF8865

analogous

#65DFC5 #65BCDF #657FDF

triadic

#65BCDF #DF65BC #BCDF65

tetradic

#65BCDF #C565DF #DF8865 #7FDF65

square

#65BCDF #C565DF #DF8865 #7FDF65

split-complementary

#65BCDF #DF657F #DFC565

monochromatic

#2381A7 #32A6D4 #65BCDF #98D2EA #CAE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#65BCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#65BCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65BCDF

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65BCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65BCDF	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B9E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ABDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65bcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 188, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.098 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ad0e9',
    500: '#65bcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65bcdf;
$custom-light: #9ad0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65bcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.213,
    "s": 65.591,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7542,
    "c": 0.09772,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65BCDF

secondary

#E6C7BA

accent

#4C18CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65BCDF

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

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