#85A3AE#85A3AE

#85A3AE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.037 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85A3AE
RGB	rgb(133, 163, 174)
HSL	hsl(196, 20%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(196, 24%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 6.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, -7.81, -9.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 12.00, 229.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% -0.0274 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.037 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4078, 34.2358, 45.0422)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85A3AE #AE9085

analogous

#85AEA5 #85A3AE #858EAE

triadic

#85A3AE #AE85A3 #A3AE85

tetradic

#85A3AE #A585AE #AE9085 #8EAE85

square

#85A3AE #A585AE #AE9085 #8EAE85

split-complementary

#85A3AE #AE858E #AEA585

monochromatic

#4A656F #628694 #85A3AE #AABFC6 #CFDADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#85A3AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#85A3AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85A3AE

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85A3AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85A3AE	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA1AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79A7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85a3ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 163, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.037 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9bec6',
    500: '#85a3ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85a3ae;
$custom-light: #a9bec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85a3ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.098,
    "s": 20.197,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69653,
    "c": 0.03691,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85A3AE

secondary

#CFC4C0

accent

#5E479F

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #85A3AE

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

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