#65BCEE#65BCEE

#65BCEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.111 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65BCEE
RGB	rgb(101, 188, 238)
HSL	hsl(202, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(202, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 21%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, -12.04, -32.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 34.93, 249.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.0619 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.111 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7769, 44.9026, 87.4959)
Luminance	0.4491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65BCEE #EE9765

analogous

#65EEDC #65BCEE #6578EE

triadic

#65BCEE #EE65BC #BCEE65

tetradic

#65BCEE #DC65EE #EE9765 #78EE65

square

#65BCEE #DC65EE #EE9765 #78EE65

split-complementary

#65BCEE #EE6578 #EEDC65

monochromatic

#1684C3 #2EA4E8 #65BCEE #9CD4F4 #D3ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#65BCEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#65BCEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65BCEE

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65BCEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65BCEE	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BBF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ACED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65bcee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 188, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.111 235.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65bcee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.898,
    "s": 80.117,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76051,
    "c": 0.11062,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65BCEE

secondary

#EED1C1

accent

#5609DC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #65BCEE

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

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