#65C5EE#65C5EE

#65C5EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.108 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65C5EE
RGB	rgb(101, 197, 238)
HSL	hsl(198, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(198, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 17.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.37, -16.78, -28.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.37, 33.40, 239.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% -0.0715 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.108 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7598, 48.8684, 88.1569)
Luminance	0.4887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65C5EE #EE8E65

analogous

#65EED3 #65C5EE #6581EE

triadic

#65C5EE #EE65C5 #C5EE65

tetradic

#65C5EE #D365EE #EE8E65 #81EE65

square

#65C5EE #D365EE #EE8E65 #81EE65

split-complementary

#65C5EE #EE6581 #EED365

monochromatic

#168FC3 #2EB0E8 #65C5EE #9CDAF4 #D3EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#65C5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#65C5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65C5EE

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65C5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65C5EE	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65c5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 197, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.108 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bd6f3',
    500: '#65c5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65c5ee;
$custom-light: #9bd6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65c5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.956,
    "s": 80.117,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78073,
    "c": 0.10766,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65C5EE

secondary

#EECEC1

accent

#4809DC

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #65C5EE

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

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