#65C4E8#65C4E8

#65C4E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.103 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65C4E8
RGB	rgb(101, 196, 232)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -18.02, -26.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 31.97, 235.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% -0.0726 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.103 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6666, 48.0690, 83.5161)
Luminance	0.4807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65C4E8 #E88965

analogous

#65E8CB #65C4E8 #6582E8

triadic

#65C4E8 #E865C4 #C4E865

tetradic

#65C4E8 #CB65E8 #E88965 #82E865

square

#65C4E8 #CB65E8 #E88965 #82E865

split-complementary

#65C4E8 #E86582 #E8CB65

monochromatic

#1B8CB7 #30B0E0 #65C4E8 #9AD8F0 #CFEDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#65C4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#65C4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65C4E8

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65C4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65C4E8	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)

#B0C0EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB2E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65c4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 196, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.103 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bd6ef',
    500: '#65c4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65c4e8;
$custom-light: #9bd6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65c4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.489,
    "s": 74.011,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77601,
    "c": 0.1033,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65C4E8

secondary

#EACABE

accent

#460FD6

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F3FAFD

border

#CDD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #65C4E8

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

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