#65C9EC#65C9EC

#65C9EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.106 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65C9EC
RGB	rgb(101, 201, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 14.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, -19.43, -26.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 32.60, 233.41°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% -0.0765 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.106 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3879, 50.5922, 86.9248)
Luminance	0.5060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65C9EC #EC8865

analogous

#65ECCC #65C9EC #6585EC

triadic

#65C9EC #EC65C9 #C9EC65

tetradic

#65C9EC #CC65EC #EC8865 #85EC65

square

#65C9EC #CC65EC #EC8865 #85EC65

split-complementary

#65C9EC #EC6585 #ECCC65

monochromatic

#1894BF #2FB6E5 #65C9EC #9BDCF3 #D2EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#65C9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#65C9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65C9EC

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65C9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65C9EC	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65c9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 201, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.106 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bd9f2',
    500: '#65c9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65c9ec;
$custom-light: #9bd9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65c9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.556,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78896,
    "c": 0.1056,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65C9EC

secondary

#BE5A38

accent

#410BDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #65C9EC

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

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