#65C4E6#65C4E6

#65C4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.102 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65C4E6
RGB	rgb(101, 196, 230)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 14.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -18.61, -25.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 31.51, 233.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% -0.0734 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.102 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3842, 47.9561, 82.0285)
Luminance	0.4796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65C4E6 #E68765

analogous

#65E6C8 #65C4E6 #6584E6

triadic

#65C4E6 #E665C4 #C4E665

tetradic

#65C4E6 #C865E6 #E68765 #84E665

square

#65C4E6 #C865E6 #E68765 #84E665

split-complementary

#65C4E6 #E66584 #E6C865

monochromatic

#1D8CB3 #30B0DD #65C4E6 #9AD8EF #CEECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#65C4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#65C4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65C4E6

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65C4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65C4E6	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C0E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB2E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65c4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 196, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.102 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bd6ee',
    500: '#65c4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65c4e6;
$custom-light: #9bd6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65c4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.814,
    "s": 72.067,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77521,
    "c": 0.10188,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65C4E6

secondary

#E9C9BD

accent

#4511D4

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F3FAFD

border

#CDD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #65C4E6

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

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