#65D5CE#65D5CE

#65D5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.103 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65D5CE
RGB	rgb(101, 213, 206)
HSL	hsl(176, 57%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(176, 53%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 3.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -33.56, -6.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 34.15, 190.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.59% -0.1014 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(80.59% 0.103 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.2969, 54.8077, 66.8359)
Luminance	0.5481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65D5CE #D5656C

analogous

#65D596 #65D5CE #65A4D5

triadic

#65D5CE #CE65D5 #D5CE65

tetradic

#65D5CE #9665D5 #D5656C #A4D565

square

#65D5CE #9665D5 #D5656C #A4D565

split-complementary

#65D5CE #D565A4 #D59665

monochromatic

#299790 #36C7BE #65D5CE #95E2DD #C5EFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#65D5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#65D5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65D5CE

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65D5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65D5CE	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07DAD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65d5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 213, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.103 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ae2dc',
    500: '#65d5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65d5ce;
$custom-light: #9ae2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65d5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.25,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80589,
    "c": 0.10296,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65D5CE

secondary

#9C4348

accent

#212BC5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #65D5CE

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

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