#65BDDE#65BDDE

#65BDDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.097 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65BDDE
RGB	rgb(101, 189, 222)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 14.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -17.30, -24.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 30.06, 234.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0687 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.097 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7442, 44.4325, 75.7330)
Luminance	0.4444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65BDDE #DE8665

analogous

#65DEC3 #65BDDE #6580DE

triadic

#65BDDE #DE65BD #BDDE65

tetradic

#65BDDE #C365DE #DE8665 #80DE65

square

#65BDDE #C365DE #DE8665 #80DE65

split-complementary

#65BDDE #DE6580 #DEC365

monochromatic

#2382A5 #33A7D3 #65BDDE #97D3E9 #CAE8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#65BDDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#65BDDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65BDDE

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65BDDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65BDDE	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ACDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65bdde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 189, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.097 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ad1e8',
    500: '#65bdde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65bdde;
$custom-light: #9ad1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65bdde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75607,
    "c": 0.09687,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65BDDE

secondary

#E5C6BA

accent

#4A19CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65BDDE

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

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