#65D5ED#65D5ED

#65D5ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.107 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65D5ED
RGB	rgb(101, 213, 237)
HSL	hsl(191, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(191, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 10.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.88, -25.19, -21.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.88, 33.09, 220.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% -0.0888 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.107 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.4410, 56.4653, 88.6612)
Luminance	0.5647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65D5ED #ED7D65

analogous

#65EDC1 #65D5ED #6591ED

triadic

#65D5ED #ED65D5 #D5ED65

tetradic

#65D5ED #C165ED #ED7D65 #91ED65

square

#65D5ED #C165ED #ED7D65 #91ED65

split-complementary

#65D5ED #ED6591 #EDC165

monochromatic

#17A3C1 #2EC6E7 #65D5ED #9CE4F3 #D3F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#65D5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#65D5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65D5ED

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65D5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65D5ED	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CFEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65d5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 213, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.107 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ce2f2',
    500: '#65d5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65d5ed;
$custom-light: #9ce2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65d5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81666,
    "c": 0.10691,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65D5ED

secondary

#BF4F37

accent

#2F0ADB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #65D5ED

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

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