#65C4EF#65C4EF

#65C4EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.109 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65C4EF
RGB	rgb(101, 196, 239)
HSL	hsl(199, 81%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(199, 58%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 18%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.12, -15.96, -29.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.12, 33.80, 241.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.0701 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.109 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.6808, 48.4747, 88.8573)
Luminance	0.4848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65C4EF #EF9065

analogous

#65EFD5 #65C4EF #657FEF

triadic

#65C4EF #EF65C4 #C4EF65

tetradic

#65C4EF #D565EF #EF9065 #7FEF65

square

#65C4EF #D565EF #EF9065 #7FEF65

split-complementary

#65C4EF #EF657F #EFD565

monochromatic

#148EC5 #2EAFE9 #65C4EF #9CD9F5 #D4EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#65C4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#65C4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65C4EF

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65C4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65C4EF	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB3EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65c4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 196, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.109 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cd5f4',
    500: '#65c4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65c4ef;
$custom-light: #9cd5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65c4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.696,
    "s": 81.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77889,
    "c": 0.1087,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65C4EF

secondary

#EED0C2

accent

#4B08DE

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #65C4EF

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

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