#65C5EF#65C5EF

#65C5EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.108 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65C5EF
RGB	rgb(101, 197, 239)
HSL	hsl(198, 81%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(198, 58%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -16.49, -29.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 33.67, 240.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0712 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.108 229)
XYZ	xyz(40.9071, 48.9273, 88.9328)
Luminance	0.4893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65C5EF #EF8F65

analogous

#65EFD4 #65C5EF #6580EF

triadic

#65C5EF #EF65C5 #C5EF65

tetradic

#65C5EF #D465EF #EF8F65 #80EF65

square

#65C5EF #D465EF #EF8F65 #80EF65

split-complementary

#65C5EF #EF6580 #EFD465

monochromatic

#148FC5 #2EB0E9 #65C5EF #9CDAF5 #D4EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#65C5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#65C5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65C5EF

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65C5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65C5EF	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65c5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 197, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.108 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cd6f4',
    500: '#65c5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65c5ef;
$custom-light: #9cd6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65c5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.261,
    "s": 81.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78114,
    "c": 0.10845,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.48931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65C5EF

secondary

#EECFC2

accent

#4908DE

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F4FAFD

border

#CED3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #65C5EF

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

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