#65BCED#65BCED

#65BCED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.110 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65BCED
RGB	rgb(101, 188, 237)
HSL	hsl(202, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(202, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, -12.34, -32.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 34.58, 249.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.0623 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.11 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6303, 44.8440, 86.7243)
Luminance	0.4485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65BCED #ED9665

analogous

#65EDDA #65BCED #6578ED

triadic

#65BCED #ED65BC #BCED65

tetradic

#65BCED #DA65ED #ED9665 #78ED65

square

#65BCED #DA65ED #ED9665 #78ED65

split-complementary

#65BCED #ED6578 #EDDA65

monochromatic

#1784C1 #2EA4E7 #65BCED #9CD4F3 #D3ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#65BCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#65BCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65BCED

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65BCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65BCED	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BBEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ACEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65bced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 188, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.110 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bd0f3',
    500: '#65bced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65bced;
$custom-light: #9bd0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65bced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.618,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76008,
    "c": 0.10967,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65BCED

secondary

#EDD1C1

accent

#560ADB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #65BCED

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

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