#65D5FD#65D5FD

#65D5FD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.116 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65D5FD
RGB	rgb(101, 213, 253)
HSL	hsl(196, 97%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 15.8%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.43, -20.58, -29.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.43, 35.67, 234.77°)
OKLab	oklab(82.29% -0.0829 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(82.29% 0.116 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.8837, 57.4424, 101.5262)
Luminance	0.5745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65D5FD #FD8D65

analogous

#65FDD9 #65D5FD #6589FD

triadic

#65D5FD #FD65D5 #D5FD65

tetradic

#65D5FD #D965FD #FD8D65 #89FD65

square

#65D5FD #D965FD #FD8D65 #89FD65

split-complementary

#65D5FD #FD6589 #FDD965

monochromatic

#03A9E5 #29C5FC #65D5FD #A1E5FE #DEF6FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#65D5FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#65D5FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65D5FD

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65D5FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65D5FD	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFD1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9C1FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65d5fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 213, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.116 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ee2fe',
    500: '#65d5fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65d5fd;
$custom-light: #9ee2fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65d5fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 97.436,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82289,
    "c": 0.116,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65D5FD

secondary

#D85B2F

accent

#3C00E6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #65D5FD

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

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