#65D8EF#65D8EF

#65D8EF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.108 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65D8EF
RGB	rgb(101, 216, 239)
HSL	hsl(190, 81%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(190, 58%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 9.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.80, -26.11, -21.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.80, 33.58, 218.98°)
OKLab	oklab(82.43% -0.0912 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(82.43% 0.108 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.4964, 58.1059, 90.4625)
Luminance	0.5811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65D8EF #EF7C65

analogous

#65EFC1 #65D8EF #6593EF

triadic

#65D8EF #EF65D8 #D8EF65

tetradic

#65D8EF #C165EF #EF7C65 #93EF65

square

#65D8EF #C165EF #EF7C65 #93EF65

split-complementary

#65D8EF #EF6593 #EFC165

monochromatic

#14A8C5 #2ECAE9 #65D8EF #9CE6F5 #D4F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#65D8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#65D8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #65D8EF

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65D8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##65D8EF	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C2EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65d8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 216, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.108 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9de4f4',
    500: '#65d8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65d8ef;
$custom-light: #9de4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65d8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 81.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82426,
    "c": 0.10839,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65D8EF

secondary

#C34D36

accent

#2C08DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F6FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #65D8EF

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

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