#65BDEC#65BDEC

#65BDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.108 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65BDEC
RGB	rgb(101, 189, 236)
HSL	hsl(201, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(201, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 19.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, -13.18, -31.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 34.04, 247.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.0637 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.108 234)
XYZ	xyz(38.6990, 45.2144, 86.0285)
Luminance	0.4522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65BDEC #EC9465

analogous

#65ECD7 #65BDEC #6579EC

triadic

#65BDEC #EC65BD #BDEC65

tetradic

#65BDEC #D765EC #EC9465 #79EC65

square

#65BDEC #D765EC #EC9465 #79EC65

split-complementary

#65BDEC #EC6579 #ECD765

monochromatic

#1885BF #2FA6E5 #65BDEC #9BD4F3 #D2ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#65BDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#65BDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65BDEC

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65BDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65BDEC	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BBEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ADEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65bdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 189, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.108 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bd0f2',
    500: '#65bdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65bdec;
$custom-light: #9bd0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65bdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.889,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76189,
    "c": 0.10834,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.45218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65BDEC

secondary

#EDD0C0

accent

#530BDA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #65BDEC

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

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