#65BDE6#65BDE6

#65BDE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.103 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65BDE6
RGB	rgb(101, 189, 230)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(199, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 17.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -14.96, -28.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 32.18, 242.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.0658 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.103 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8419, 44.8716, 81.5144)
Luminance	0.4487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65BDE6 #E68E65

analogous

#65E6CF #65BDE6 #657CE6

triadic

#65BDE6 #E665BD #BDE665

tetradic

#65BDE6 #CF65E6 #E68E65 #7CE665

square

#65BDE6 #CF65E6 #E68E65 #7CE665

split-complementary

#65BDE6 #E6657C #E6CF65

monochromatic

#1D84B3 #30A6DD #65BDE6 #9AD4EF #CEEAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#65BDE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#65BDE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65BDE6

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65BDE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65BDE6	1.00	2.11	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BAE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ADE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65bde6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 189, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.103 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ad0ee',
    500: '#65bde6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65bde6;
$custom-light: #9ad0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65bde6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.07,
    "s": 72.067,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75935,
    "c": 0.10308,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65BDE6

secondary

#E9CBBD

accent

#4F11D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FD

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65BDE6

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

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