#65C3EF#65C3EF

#65C3EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.109 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65C3EF
RGB	rgb(101, 195, 239)
HSL	hsl(199, 81%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(199, 58%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 18.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -15.44, -30.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 33.94, 242.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% -0.0691 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.109 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4560, 48.0251, 88.7824)
Luminance	0.4803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#65C3EF #EF9165

analogous

#65EFD6 #65C3EF #657EEF

triadic

#65C3EF #EF65C3 #C3EF65

tetradic

#65C3EF #D665EF #EF9165 #7EEF65

square

#65C3EF #D665EF #EF9165 #7EEF65

split-complementary

#65C3EF #EF657E #EFD665

monochromatic

#148DC5 #2EADE9 #65C3EF #9CD9F5 #D4EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#65C3EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#65C3EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65C3EF

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65C3EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65C3EF	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B2EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65c3ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 195, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.109 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bd5f4',
    500: '#65c3ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65c3ef;
$custom-light: #9bd5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65c3ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.13,
    "s": 81.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77664,
    "c": 0.10898,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65C3EF

secondary

#EED0C2

accent

#4C08DE

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #65C3EF

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