#65BDED#65BDED

#65BDED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.109 H 234.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65BDED
RGB	rgb(101, 189, 237)
HSL	hsl(201, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(201, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 20.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.07, -12.88, -31.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.07, 34.37, 248.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% -0.0633 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.109 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8447, 45.2727, 86.7958)
Luminance	0.4528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65BDED #ED9565

analogous

#65EDD9 #65BDED #6579ED

triadic

#65BDED #ED65BD #BDED65

tetradic

#65BDED #D965ED #ED9565 #79ED65

square

#65BDED #D965ED #ED9565 #79ED65

split-complementary

#65BDED #ED6579 #EDD965

monochromatic

#1785C1 #2EA6E7 #65BDED #9CD4F3 #D3ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#65BDED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#65BDED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65BDED

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65BDED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65BDED	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BBEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ADEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65bded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 189, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.109 234.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bd0f3',
    500: '#65bded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65bded;
$custom-light: #9bd0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65bded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76232,
    "c": 0.10926,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65BDED

secondary

#EDD0C1

accent

#540ADB

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #65BDED

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

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