#65BDEF#65BDEF

#65BDEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.111 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65BDEF
RGB	rgb(101, 189, 239)
HSL	hsl(202, 81%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(202, 58%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 20.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.15, -12.27, -32.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.15, 35.05, 249.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.0627 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.111 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.1385, 45.3902, 88.3432)
Luminance	0.4539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65BDEF #EF9765

analogous

#65EFDC #65BDEF #6578EF

triadic

#65BDEF #EF65BD #BDEF65

tetradic

#65BDEF #DC65EF #EF9765 #78EF65

square

#65BDEF #DC65EF #EF9765 #78EF65

split-complementary

#65BDEF #EF6578 #EFDC65

monochromatic

#1485C5 #2EA5E9 #65BDEF #9CD5F5 #D4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#65BDEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#65BDEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65BDEF

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65BDEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65BDEF	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BCF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ADEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65bdef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 189, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.111 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bd0f4',
    500: '#65bdef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65bdef;
$custom-light: #9bd0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65bdef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.739,
    "s": 81.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76318,
    "c": 0.11114,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65BDEF

secondary

#EED2C2

accent

#5508DE

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #65BDEF

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

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