#65BCE9#65BCE9

#65BCE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.106 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65BCE9
RGB	rgb(101, 188, 233)
HSL	hsl(200, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(200, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 19.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -13.54, -30.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 33.26, 245.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0636 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.106 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0525, 44.6128, 83.6808)
Luminance	0.4462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65BCE9 #E99265

analogous

#65E9D4 #65BCE9 #657AE9

triadic

#65BCE9 #E965BC #BCE965

tetradic

#65BCE9 #D465E9 #E99265 #7AE965

square

#65BCE9 #D465E9 #E99265 #7AE965

split-complementary

#65BCE9 #E9657A #E9D465

monochromatic

#1A83B9 #2FA5E1 #65BCE9 #9BD3F1 #D0EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#65BCE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#65BCE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65BCE9

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65BCE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65BCE9	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BAEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ACE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65bce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 188, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.106 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bd0f0',
    500: '#65bce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65bce9;
$custom-light: #9bd0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65bce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.455,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75836,
    "c": 0.10599,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65BCE9

secondary

#EBCEBF

accent

#530ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FD

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65BCE9

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

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