#65BDEB#65BDEB

#65BDEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.107 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65BDEB
RGB	rgb(101, 189, 235)
HSL	hsl(201, 77%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(201, 57%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 19.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, -13.47, -30.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 33.72, 246.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% -0.064 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.107 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5541, 45.1565, 85.2655)
Luminance	0.4516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65BDEB #EB9365

analogous

#65EBD6 #65BDEB #657AEB

triadic

#65BDEB #EB65BD #BDEB65

tetradic

#65BDEB #D665EB #EB9365 #7AEB65

square

#65BDEB #D665EB #EB9365 #7AEB65

split-complementary

#65BDEB #EB657A #EBD665

monochromatic

#1985BD #2FA6E4 #65BDEB #9BD4F2 #D1EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#65BDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#65BDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65BDEB

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65BDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65BDEB	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BBED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ADEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65bdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 189, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.107 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bd0f1',
    500: '#65bdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65bdeb;
$custom-light: #9bd0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65bdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.597,
    "s": 77.011,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76146,
    "c": 0.10743,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65BDEB

secondary

#ECCFC0

accent

#530CD9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F9FD

border

#CDD2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #65BDEB

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

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