#65D5EF#65D5EF

#65D5EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.108 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65D5EF
RGB	rgb(101, 213, 239)
HSL	hsl(191, 81%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(191, 58%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 10.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, -24.62, -22.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 33.30, 222.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.0881 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.108 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.7348, 56.5828, 90.2087)
Luminance	0.5659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65D5EF #EF7F65

analogous

#65EFC4 #65D5EF #6590EF

triadic

#65D5EF #EF65D5 #D5EF65

tetradic

#65D5EF #C465EF #EF7F65 #90EF65

square

#65D5EF #C465EF #EF7F65 #90EF65

split-complementary

#65D5EF #EF6590 #EFC465

monochromatic

#14A4C5 #2EC6E9 #65D5EF #9CE4F5 #D4F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#65D5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#65D5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65D5EF

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65D5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65D5EF	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CFF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEC0EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65d5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 213, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.108 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ce2f4',
    500: '#65d5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65d5ef;
$custom-light: #9ce2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65d5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.304,
    "s": 81.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81742,
    "c": 0.10781,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65D5EF

secondary

#C35036

accent

#3008DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #65D5EF

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

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