#65CDFD#65CDFD

#65CDFD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.118 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65CDFD
RGB	rgb(101, 205, 253)
HSL	hsl(199, 97%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 19%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, -16.48, -32.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 36.52, 243.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.5% -0.0746 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(80.5% 0.118 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.9209, 53.5168, 100.8719)
Luminance	0.5352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#65CDFD #FD9565

analogous

#65FDE1 #65CDFD #6581FD

triadic

#65CDFD #FD65CD #CDFD65

tetradic

#65CDFD #E165FD #FD9565 #81FD65

square

#65CDFD #E165FD #FD9565 #81FD65

split-complementary

#65CDFD #FD6581 #FDE165

monochromatic

#039DE5 #29B9FC #65CDFD #A1E1FE #DEF4FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#65CDFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#65CDFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65CDFD

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65CDFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65CDFD	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5CAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0BAFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DADD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65cdfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 205, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.118 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ddcfe',
    500: '#65cdfd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65cdfd;
$custom-light: #9ddcfe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65cdfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.947,
    "s": 97.436,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80495,
    "c": 0.11772,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65CDFD

secondary

#D8642F

accent

#4800E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #65CDFD

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

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