#65C5EA#65C5EA

#65C5EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.105 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65C5EA
RGB	rgb(101, 197, 234)
HSL	hsl(197, 76%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 15.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -17.96, -26.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 32.38, 236.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.073 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.105 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1786, 48.6359, 85.0962)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65C5EA #EA8A65

analogous

#65EACD #65C5EA #6582EA

triadic

#65C5EA #EA65C5 #C5EA65

tetradic

#65C5EA #CD65EA #EA8A65 #82EA65

square

#65C5EA #CD65EA #EA8A65 #82EA65

split-complementary

#65C5EA #EA6582 #EACD65

monochromatic

#1A8EBB #2FB1E3 #65C5EA #9BD9F1 #D1EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#65C5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#65C5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65C5EA

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65C5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65C5EA	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C1EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65c5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 197, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.105 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bd6f0',
    500: '#65c5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65c5ea;
$custom-light: #9bd6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65c5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.692,
    "s": 76,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77909,
    "c": 0.10462,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65C5EA

secondary

#ECCCBF

accent

#460DD8

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #65C5EA

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

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