#65C4E9#65C4E9

#65C4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.104 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65C4E9
RGB	rgb(101, 196, 233)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, -17.73, -26.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 32.21, 236.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.64% -0.0723 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(77.64% 0.104 226)
XYZ	xyz(39.8091, 48.1260, 84.2663)
Luminance	0.4813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65C4E9 #E98A65

analogous

#65E9CC #65C4E9 #6582E9

triadic

#65C4E9 #E965C4 #C4E965

tetradic

#65C4E9 #CC65E9 #E98A65 #82E965

square

#65C4E9 #CC65E9 #E98A65 #82E965

split-complementary

#65C4E9 #E96582 #E9CC65

monochromatic

#1A8DB9 #2FAFE1 #65C4E9 #9BD9F1 #D0EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#65C4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#65C4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65C4E9

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65C4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65C4E9	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB2E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65c4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.104 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bd6f0',
    500: '#65c4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65c4e9;
$custom-light: #9bd6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65c4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.818,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77642,
    "c": 0.10402,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.4813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65C4E9

secondary

#EBCBBF

accent

#470ED7

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #65C4E9

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

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