#65C5CE#65C5CE

#65C5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.091 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65C5CE
RGB	rgb(101, 197, 206)
HSL	hsl(185, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(185, 51%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.29, -25.84, -13.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.29, 29.02, 207.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% -0.0838 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.091 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4692, 47.1522, 65.5600)
Luminance	0.4716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65C5CE #CE6E65

analogous

#65CEA3 #65C5CE #6590CE

triadic

#65C5CE #CE65C5 #C5CE65

tetradic

#65C5CE #A365CE #CE6E65 #90CE65

square

#65C5CE #A365CE #CE6E65 #90CE65

split-complementary

#65C5CE #CE6590 #CEA365

monochromatic

#2D848C #3BB0BA #65C5CE #93D6DD #C2E8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#65C5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#65C5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65C5CE

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65C5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65C5CE	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1ACCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65c5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 197, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.091 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99d7dd',
    500: '#65c5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65c5ce;
$custom-light: #99d7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65c5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.143,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76848,
    "c": 0.09141,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65C5CE

secondary

#DCB7B3

accent

#3326BF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #65C5CE

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

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