#65C8EC#65C8EC

#65C8EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.106 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65C8EC
RGB	rgb(101, 200, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 15.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, -18.92, -26.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 32.65, 234.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% -0.0754 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.106 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.1555, 50.1275, 86.8473)
Luminance	0.5013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65C8EC #EC8965

analogous

#65ECCC #65C8EC #6584EC

triadic

#65C8EC #EC65C8 #C8EC65

tetradic

#65C8EC #CC65EC #EC8965 #84EC65

square

#65C8EC #CC65EC #EC8965 #84EC65

split-complementary

#65C8EC #EC6584 #ECCC65

monochromatic

#1892BF #2FB5E5 #65C8EC #9BDBF3 #D2EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#65C8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#65C8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65C8EC

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65C8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65C8EC	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C4EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B5EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65c8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 200, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.106 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bd8f2',
    500: '#65c8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65c8ec;
$custom-light: #9bd8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65c8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78669,
    "c": 0.10568,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65C8EC

secondary

#BE5B38

accent

#420BDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #65C8EC

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

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