#65BDE3#65BDE3

#65BDE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.101 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65BDE3
RGB	rgb(101, 189, 227)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(198, 56%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, -15.84, -27.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 31.33, 239.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.0669 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.101 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4243, 44.7045, 79.3148)
Luminance	0.4471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65BDE3 #E38B65

analogous

#65E3CA #65BDE3 #657EE3

triadic

#65BDE3 #E365BD #BDE365

tetradic

#65BDE3 #CA65E3 #E38B65 #7EE365

square

#65BDE3 #CA65E3 #E38B65 #7EE365

split-complementary

#65BDE3 #E3657E #E3CA65

monochromatic

#2083AE #31A7DA #65BDE3 #99D3EC #CDE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#65BDE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#65BDE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65BDE3

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65BDE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65BDE3	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BAE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ACE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65bde3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 189, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.101 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ad1ec',
    500: '#65bde3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65bde3;
$custom-light: #9ad1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65bde3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.095,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7581,
    "c": 0.10064,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65BDE3

secondary

#E8C9BC

accent

#4D14D1

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FD

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65BDE3

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

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