#65BDDD#65BDDD

#65BDDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.096 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65BDDD
RGB	rgb(101, 189, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -17.59, -24.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 29.83, 233.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0691 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.096 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6106, 44.3791, 75.0293)
Luminance	0.4438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65BDDD #DD8565

analogous

#65DDC1 #65BDDD #6581DD

triadic

#65BDDD #DD65BD #BDDD65

tetradic

#65BDDD #C165DD #DD8565 #81DD65

square

#65BDDD #C165DD #DD8565 #81DD65

split-complementary

#65BDDD #DD6581 #DDC165

monochromatic

#2482A4 #33A8D2 #65BDDD #97D2E8 #C9E8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#65BDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#65BDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65BDDD

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65BDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65BDDD	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AACDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65bddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 189, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.096 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ad1e7',
    500: '#65bddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65bddd;
$custom-light: #9ad1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65bddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75567,
    "c": 0.09616,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65BDDD

secondary

#E4C5B9

accent

#491ACC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65BDDD

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

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