#65BDCE#65BDCE

#65BDCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.088 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65BDCE
RGB	rgb(101, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(190, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(190, 51%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -21.83, -16.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 27.48, 217.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0748 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.088 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7007, 43.6151, 64.9705)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65BDCE #CE7665

analogous

#65CEAA #65BDCE #6589CE

triadic

#65BDCE #CE65BD #BDCE65

tetradic

#65BDCE #AA65CE #CE7665 #89CE65

square

#65BDCE #AA65CE #CE7665 #89CE65

split-complementary

#65BDCE #CE6589 #CEAA65

monochromatic

#2D7D8C #3BA6BA #65BDCE #93D1DD #C2E5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#65BDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#65BDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65BDCE

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65BDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65BDCE	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FC4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65bdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.088 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d1dd',
    500: '#65bdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65bdce;
$custom-light: #98d1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65bdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.714,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74989,
    "c": 0.08791,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65BDCE

secondary

#DCBAB3

accent

#3F26BF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #65BDCE

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

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