#65CDEF#65CDEF

#65CDEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.107 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65CDEF
RGB	rgb(101, 205, 239)
HSL	hsl(195, 81%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(195, 58%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 14.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.67, -20.60, -25.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.67, 33.08, 231.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% -0.0796 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.107 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.7720, 52.6572, 89.5544)
Luminance	0.5266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65CDEF #EF8765

analogous

#65EFCC #65CDEF #6588EF

triadic

#65CDEF #EF65CD #CDEF65

tetradic

#65CDEF #CC65EF #EF8765 #88EF65

square

#65CDEF #CC65EF #EF8765 #88EF65

split-complementary

#65CDEF #EF6588 #EFCC65

monochromatic

#149AC5 #2EBBE9 #65CDEF #9CDFF5 #D4F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#65CDEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#65CDEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65CDEF

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65CDEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65CDEF	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B9EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65cdef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 205, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.107 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9cdcf4',
    500: '#65cdef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65cdef;
$custom-light: #9cdcf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65cdef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.783,
    "s": 81.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79923,
    "c": 0.10734,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65CDEF

secondary

#C35836

accent

#3D08DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #65CDEF

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

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