#65C5ED#65C5ED

#65C5ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.107 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65C5ED
RGB	rgb(101, 197, 237)
HSL	hsl(198, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(198, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 16.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, -17.08, -28.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 33.13, 238.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.0719 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.107 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6132, 48.8098, 87.3853)
Luminance	0.4881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65C5ED #ED8D65

analogous

#65EDD1 #65C5ED #6581ED

triadic

#65C5ED #ED65C5 #C5ED65

tetradic

#65C5ED #D165ED #ED8D65 #81ED65

square

#65C5ED #D165ED #ED8D65 #81ED65

split-complementary

#65C5ED #ED6581 #EDD165

monochromatic

#178FC1 #2EB0E7 #65C5ED #9CDAF3 #D3EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#65C5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#65C5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65C5ED

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65C5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65C5ED	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65c5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 197, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.107 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bd6f3',
    500: '#65c5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65c5ed;
$custom-light: #9bd6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65c5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78032,
    "c": 0.10687,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65C5ED

secondary

#EDCEC1

accent

#480ADB

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #65C5ED

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

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