#65BCE5#65BCE5

#65BCE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.103 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65BCE5
RGB	rgb(101, 188, 229)
HSL	hsl(199, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(199, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 17.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, -14.73, -28.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 32.02, 242.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% -0.0651 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.103 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4875, 44.3869, 80.7055)
Luminance	0.4439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65BCE5 #E58E65

analogous

#65E5CE #65BCE5 #657CE5

triadic

#65BCE5 #E565BC #BCE565

tetradic

#65BCE5 #CE65E5 #E58E65 #7CE565

square

#65BCE5 #CE65E5 #E58E65 #7CE565

split-complementary

#65BCE5 #E5657C #E5CE65

monochromatic

#1E82B2 #31A5DC #65BCE5 #99D3EE #CEEAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#65BCE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#65BCE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65BCE5

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65BCE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65BCE5	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B9E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ACE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65bce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 188, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.103 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ad0ed',
    500: '#65bce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65bce5;
$custom-light: #9ad0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65bce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.219,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75667,
    "c": 0.10251,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65BCE5

secondary

#E9CBBD

accent

#5012D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FD

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65BCE5

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

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