#65BDE8#65BDE8

#65BDE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.105 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65BDE8
RGB	rgb(101, 189, 232)
HSL	hsl(200, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(200, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 18.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, -14.37, -29.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 32.77, 244.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.0651 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.105 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1244, 44.9846, 83.0021)
Luminance	0.4499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65BDE8 #E89065

analogous

#65E8D2 #65BDE8 #657BE8

triadic

#65BDE8 #E865BD #BDE865

tetradic

#65BDE8 #D265E8 #E89065 #7BE865

square

#65BDE8 #D265E8 #E89065 #7BE865

split-complementary

#65BDE8 #E8657B #E8D265

monochromatic

#1B84B7 #30A6E0 #65BDE8 #9AD4F0 #CFEBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#65BDE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#65BDE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65BDE8

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65BDE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65BDE8	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BBEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ADE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65bde8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 189, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.105 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bd0ef',
    500: '#65bde8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65bde8;
$custom-light: #9bd0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65bde8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.695,
    "s": 74.011,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76019,
    "c": 0.10478,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65BDE8

secondary

#EACDBE

accent

#510FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FD

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65BDE8

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

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