#65CAF0#65CAF0

#65CAF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.108 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65CAF0
RGB	rgb(101, 202, 240)
HSL	hsl(196, 82%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 15.8%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.86, -18.78, -27.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.86, 33.44, 235.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% -0.0761 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.108 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.2094, 51.2950, 90.0977)
Luminance	0.5130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65CAF0 #F08B65

analogous

#65F0D1 #65CAF0 #6585F0

triadic

#65CAF0 #F065CA #CAF065

tetradic

#65CAF0 #D165F0 #F08B65 #85F065

square

#65CAF0 #D165F0 #F08B65 #85F065

split-complementary

#65CAF0 #F06585 #F0D165

monochromatic

#1396C7 #2DB7EB #65CAF0 #9DDDF5 #D5F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#65CAF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#65CAF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65CAF0

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65CAF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65CAF0	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C6F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B7F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65caf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 202, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.108 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cdaf5',
    500: '#65caf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65caf0;
$custom-light: #9cdaf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65caf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.403,
    "s": 82.249,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79284,
    "c": 0.10828,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65CAF0

secondary

#C45C35

accent

#4207DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #65CAF0

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

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