#65CAEE#65CAEE

#65CAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.107 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65CAEE
RGB	rgb(101, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(196, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -19.36, -26.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 32.98, 234.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% -0.0768 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.107 224)
XYZ	xyz(41.9140, 51.1768, 88.5416)
Luminance	0.5118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65CAEE #EE8965

analogous

#65EECD #65CAEE #6586EE

triadic

#65CAEE #EE65CA #CAEE65

tetradic

#65CAEE #CD65EE #EE8965 #86EE65

square

#65CAEE #CD65EE #EE8965 #86EE65

split-complementary

#65CAEE #EE6586 #EECD65

monochromatic

#1695C3 #2EB7E8 #65CAEE #9CDDF4 #D3F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#65CAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#65CAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65CAEE

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65CAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65CAEE	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B7EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65caee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.107 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cdaf3',
    500: '#65caee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65caee;
$custom-light: #9cdaf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65caee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.766,
    "s": 80.117,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79203,
    "c": 0.10687,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.51181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65CAEE

secondary

#C15B36

accent

#4109DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #65CAEE

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

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