#65b3e8

Color #65b3e8

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 11.18 Nearest Tailwind class sky-400 #00bcff · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#65b3e8

RGB

rgb(101, 179, 232)

HSL

hsl(204.3, 74%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204.3, 56.5%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.5%, 22.8%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(70.06, -9.01, -33.82)

LCH

lch(70.06, 35, 255.08)

OKLCH

oklch(73.8%, 0.109, 240.19)

HWB

hwb(204.3, 39.6%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e89a65

Analogous

#65e8dc

#65b3e8

#6571e8

Triadic

#65b3e8

#e865b3

#b3e865

Split-complementary

#65b3e8

#e86571

#e8dc65

Tetradic

#65b3e8

#9a65e8

#e89a65

#b3e865

Square

#65b3e8

#dc65e8

#e89a65

#71e865

Shades

Color #65b3e8 mixed toward black.

#359be1

#1d7fc1

#165f91

#0e3f61

#072030

Tints

Color #65b3e8 mixed toward white.

#7fc0ec

#98ccf0

#b2d9f3

#cce6f7

#e5f2fb

Tones

Color #65b3e8 mixed toward gray.

#70b1dd

#7bafd2

#86adc7

#91abbc

#9ca9b1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.17:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8edd · ΔE 18.6

Deuteranopia

#8983da · ΔE 20.8

Tritanopia

#6bd3d1 · ΔE 20.2

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 19.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #65b3e8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#65b3e8]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#65b3e8 (#65b3e8) is rgb(101, 179, 232) in RGB.

No, #65b3e8 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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