#65BDE9#65BDE9

#65BDE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.106 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65BDE9
RGB	rgb(101, 189, 233)
HSL	hsl(200, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(200, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 18.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.92, -14.07, -29.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.92, 33.08, 244.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.0647 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.106 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2668, 45.0416, 83.7523)
Luminance	0.4505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65BDE9 #E99165

analogous

#65E9D3 #65BDE9 #657BE9

triadic

#65BDE9 #E965BD #BDE965

tetradic

#65BDE9 #D365E9 #E99165 #7BE965

square

#65BDE9 #D365E9 #E99165 #7BE965

split-complementary

#65BDE9 #E9657B #E9D365

monochromatic

#1A84B9 #2FA6E1 #65BDE9 #9BD4F1 #D0EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#65BDE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#65BDE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65BDE9

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65BDE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65BDE9	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BBEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ADE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65bde9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 189, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.106 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bd0f0',
    500: '#65bde9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65bde9;
$custom-light: #9bd0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65bde9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76061,
    "c": 0.10565,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65BDE9

secondary

#EBCEBF

accent

#510ED7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FD

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65BDE9

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

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