#65BDEE#65BDEE

#65BDEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.110 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65BDEE
RGB	rgb(101, 189, 238)
HSL	hsl(201, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(201, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 20.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, -12.58, -32.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 34.71, 248.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.063 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.11 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9912, 45.3313, 87.5674)
Luminance	0.4533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65BDEE #EE9665

analogous

#65EEDB #65BDEE #6579EE

triadic

#65BDEE #EE65BD #BDEE65

tetradic

#65BDEE #DB65EE #EE9665 #79EE65

square

#65BDEE #DB65EE #EE9665 #79EE65

split-complementary

#65BDEE #EE6579 #EEDB65

monochromatic

#1685C3 #2EA5E8 #65BDEE #9CD5F4 #D3ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#65BDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#65BDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65BDEE

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65BDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65BDEE	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BBF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ADED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65bdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 189, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.110 235.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65bdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.46,
    "s": 80.117,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76275,
    "c": 0.11019,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65BDEE

secondary

#EED1C1

accent

#5509DC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #65BDEE

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

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