#65C4ED#65C4ED

#65C4ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.107 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65C4ED
RGB	rgb(101, 196, 237)
HSL	hsl(198, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(198, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 17.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, -16.56, -28.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 33.24, 240.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0708 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.107 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3869, 48.3572, 87.3098)
Luminance	0.4836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65C4ED #ED8E65

analogous

#65EDD2 #65C4ED #6580ED

triadic

#65C4ED #ED65C4 #C4ED65

tetradic

#65C4ED #D265ED #ED8E65 #80ED65

square

#65C4ED #D265ED #ED8E65 #80ED65

split-complementary

#65C4ED #ED6580 #EDD265

monochromatic

#178EC1 #2EAFE7 #65C4ED #9CD9F3 #D3EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#65C4ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#65C4ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65C4ED

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65C4ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65C4ED	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65c4ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 196, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.107 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bd6f3',
    500: '#65c4ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65c4ed;
$custom-light: #9bd6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65c4ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.088,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77806,
    "c": 0.10709,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65C4ED

secondary

#EDCEC1

accent

#490ADB

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #65C4ED

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

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