#65BDE0#65BDE0

#65BDE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.098 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65BDE0
RGB	rgb(101, 189, 224)
HSL	hsl(197, 66%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 55%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 15.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, -16.72, -25.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 30.55, 236.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.068 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.098 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0138, 44.5404, 77.1531)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65BDE0 #E08865

analogous

#65E0C5 #65BDE0 #657FE0

triadic

#65BDE0 #E065BD #BDE065

tetradic

#65BDE0 #C565E0 #E08865 #7FE065

square

#65BDE0 #C565E0 #E08865 #7FE065

split-complementary

#65BDE0 #E0657F #E0C565

monochromatic

#2282A9 #32A7D6 #65BDE0 #98D3EA #CBE9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#65BDE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#65BDE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65BDE0

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65BDE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65BDE0	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABAE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ACE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65bde0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 189, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.098 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ad1e9',
    500: '#65bde0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65bde0;
$custom-light: #9ad1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65bde0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.073,
    "s": 66.486,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75688,
    "c": 0.09833,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65BDE0

secondary

#E6C7BB

accent

#4B17CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65BDE0

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

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