#65BCE8#65BCE8

#65BCE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.105 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65BCE8
RGB	rgb(101, 188, 232)
HSL	hsl(200, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(200, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 19%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, -13.84, -29.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 32.94, 245.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.064 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.105 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9100, 44.5559, 82.9306)
Luminance	0.4456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65BCE8 #E89165

analogous

#65E8D3 #65BCE8 #657AE8

triadic

#65BCE8 #E865BC #BCE865

tetradic

#65BCE8 #D365E8 #E89165 #7AE865

square

#65BCE8 #D365E8 #E89165 #7AE865

split-complementary

#65BCE8 #E8657A #E8D365

monochromatic

#1B83B7 #30A5E0 #65BCE8 #9AD3F0 #CFEAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#65BCE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#65BCE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65BCE8

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65BCE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65BCE8	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BAEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ACE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65bce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 188, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.105 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ad0ef',
    500: '#65bce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65bce8;
$custom-light: #9ad0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65bce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.153,
    "s": 74.011,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75793,
    "c": 0.1051,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65BCE8

secondary

#EACDBE

accent

#520FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FD

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65BCE8

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

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