#65BDDC#65BDDC

#65BDDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.095 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65BDDC
RGB	rgb(101, 189, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 14.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -17.88, -23.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 29.61, 232.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.0694 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.095 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4777, 44.3259, 74.3297)
Luminance	0.4433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65BDDC #DC8465

analogous

#65DCBF #65BDDC #6581DC

triadic

#65BDDC #DC65BD #BDDC65

tetradic

#65BDDC #BF65DC #DC8465 #81DC65

square

#65BDDC #BF65DC #DC8465 #81DC65

split-complementary

#65BDDC #DC6581 #DCBF65

monochromatic

#2581A2 #33A8D1 #65BDDC #97D2E7 #C9E8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#65BDDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#65BDDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65BDDC

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65BDDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65BDDC	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AACDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65bddc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 189, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.095 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99d1e7',
    500: '#65bddc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65bddc;
$custom-light: #99d1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65bddc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.63,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75527,
    "c": 0.09547,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65BDDC

secondary

#E4C4B9

accent

#491BCB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65BDDC

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

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