#65CDEC#65CDEC

#65CDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.105 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65CDEC
RGB	rgb(101, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(194, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(194, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.57, -21.47, -24.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.57, 32.53, 228.70°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0808 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.105 220)
XYZ	xyz(42.3325, 52.4814, 87.2396)
Luminance	0.5249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65CDEC #EC8465

analogous

#65ECC7 #65CDEC #6589EC

triadic

#65CDEC #EC65CD #CDEC65

tetradic

#65CDEC #C765EC #EC8465 #89EC65

square

#65CDEC #C765EC #EC8465 #89EC65

split-complementary

#65CDEC #EC6589 #ECC765

monochromatic

#1899BF #2FBBE5 #65CDEC #9BDFF3 #D2F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#65CDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#65CDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65CDEC

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65CDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65CDEC	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65cdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.105 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cdcf2',
    500: '#65cdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65cdec;
$custom-light: #9cdcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65cdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.778,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79805,
    "c": 0.10549,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.52485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65CDEC

secondary

#BE5638

accent

#3B0BDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #65CDEC

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

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