#65C9EF#65C9EF

#65C9EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.108 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65C9EF
RGB	rgb(101, 201, 239)
HSL	hsl(197, 81%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(197, 58%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 15.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, -18.56, -27.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 33.27, 236.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% -0.0754 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.108 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.8274, 50.7680, 89.2395)
Luminance	0.5077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65C9EF #EF8B65

analogous

#65EFD0 #65C9EF #6584EF

triadic

#65C9EF #EF65C9 #C9EF65

tetradic

#65C9EF #D065EF #EF8B65 #84EF65

square

#65C9EF #D065EF #EF8B65 #84EF65

split-complementary

#65C9EF #EF6584 #EFD065

monochromatic

#1494C5 #2EB6E9 #65C9EF #9CDCF5 #D4F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#65C9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#65C9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65C9EF

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65C9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65C9EF	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B6EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65c9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 201, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.108 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cd9f4',
    500: '#65c9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65c9ef;
$custom-light: #9cd9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65c9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.522,
    "s": 81.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79017,
    "c": 0.10769,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65C9EF

secondary

#C35C36

accent

#4308DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #65C9EF

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

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