Bluegrey#85A3B2

#85A3B2 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.040 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Bluegrey — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#85A3B2
RGB	rgb(133, 163, 178)
HSL	hsl(200, 23%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 25%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 8.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, -6.87, -11.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 13.11, 238.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% -0.0258 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.04 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8036, 34.3941, 47.1266)
Luminance	0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85A3B2 #B29485

analogous

#85B2AA #85A3B2 #858CB2

triadic

#85A3B2 #B285A3 #A3B285

tetradic

#85A3B2 #AA85B2 #B29485 #8CB285

square

#85A3B2 #AA85B2 #B29485 #8CB285

split-complementary

#85A3B2 #B2858C #B2AA85

monochromatic

#496574 #618699 #85A3B2 #ABBFCA #D0DCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#85A3B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#85A3B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85A3B2

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85A3B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85A3B2	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA2B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959CB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85a3b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 163, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.040 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9bec9',
    500: '#85a3b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85a3b2;
$custom-light: #a9bec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85a3b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 22.613,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69793,
    "c": 0.03986,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85A3B2

secondary

#D2C7C1

accent

#6344A1

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101213

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #85A3B2

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

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