#65C4EC#65C4EC

#65C4EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.106 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65C4EC
RGB	rgb(101, 196, 236)
HSL	hsl(198, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(198, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 16.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -16.85, -28.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 32.97, 239.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.0712 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.106 228)
XYZ	xyz(40.2413, 48.2989, 86.5426)
Luminance	0.4830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65C4EC #EC8D65

analogous

#65ECD1 #65C4EC #6580EC

triadic

#65C4EC #EC65C4 #C4EC65

tetradic

#65C4EC #D165EC #EC8D65 #80EC65

square

#65C4EC #D165EC #EC8D65 #80EC65

split-complementary

#65C4EC #EC6580 #ECD165

monochromatic

#188DBF #2FAFE5 #65C4EC #9BD9F3 #D2EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#65C4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#65C4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65C4EC

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65C4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65C4EC	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65c4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 196, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.106 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bd6f2',
    500: '#65c4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65c4ec;
$custom-light: #9bd6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65c4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.778,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77765,
    "c": 0.1063,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.48303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65C4EC

secondary

#EDCDC0

accent

#490BDA

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #65C4EC

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

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