#65C5EB#65C5EB

#65C5EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.105 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65C5EB
RGB	rgb(101, 197, 235)
HSL	hsl(197, 77%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 16.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -17.66, -27.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 32.62, 237.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.95% -0.0726 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(77.95% 0.105 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3227, 48.6936, 85.8550)
Luminance	0.4870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65C5EB #EB8B65

analogous

#65EBCE #65C5EB #6582EB

triadic

#65C5EB #EB65C5 #C5EB65

tetradic

#65C5EB #CE65EB #EB8B65 #82EB65

square

#65C5EB #CE65EB #EB8B65 #82EB65

split-complementary

#65C5EB #EB6582 #EBCE65

monochromatic

#198EBD #2FB1E4 #65C5EB #9BD9F2 #D1EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#65C5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#65C5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65C5EB

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65C5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65C5EB	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65c5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 197, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.105 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bd6f1',
    500: '#65c5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65c5eb;
$custom-light: #9bd6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65c5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.015,
    "s": 77.011,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7795,
    "c": 0.10536,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65C5EB

secondary

#ECCCC0

accent

#460CD9

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #65C5EB

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

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