#65CAEF#65CAEF

#65CAEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.108 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65CAEF
RGB	rgb(101, 202, 239)
HSL	hsl(196, 81%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, -19.07, -27.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 33.21, 234.95°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.0765 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.108 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.0613, 51.2357, 89.3175)
Luminance	0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65CAEF #EF8A65

analogous

#65EFCF #65CAEF #6585EF

triadic

#65CAEF #EF65CA #CAEF65

tetradic

#65CAEF #CF65EF #EF8A65 #85EF65

square

#65CAEF #CF65EF #EF8A65 #85EF65

split-complementary

#65CAEF #EF6585 #EFCF65

monochromatic

#1496C5 #2EB7E9 #65CAEF #9CDDF5 #D4F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#65CAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#65CAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65CAEF

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65CAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65CAEF	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B7EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65caef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 202, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.108 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cdaf4',
    500: '#65caef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65caef;
$custom-light: #9cdaf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65caef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.087,
    "s": 81.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79243,
    "c": 0.10757,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65CAEF

secondary

#C35B36

accent

#4108DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #65CAEF

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

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