#85A5CD#85A5CD

#85A5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.069 H 254.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85A5CD
RGB	rgb(133, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(213, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(213, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -1.25, -23.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 23.98, 267.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.0186 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.069 254.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1441, 36.3030, 62.9539)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85A5CD #CDAD85

analogous

#85C9CD #85A5CD #8985CD

triadic

#85A5CD #CD85A5 #A5CD85

tetradic

#85A5CD #CD85C9 #CDAD85 #85CD89

square

#85A5CD #CD85C9 #CDAD85 #85CD89

split-complementary

#85A5CD #CD8985 #C9CD85

monochromatic

#3F6799 #5A85BB #85A5CD #B0C5DF #DCE5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#85A5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#85A5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85A5CD

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85A5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85A5CD	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EAEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85a5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.069 254.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aabfdc',
    500: '#85a5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85a5cd;
$custom-light: #aabfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85a5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.333,
    "s": 41.86,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71262,
    "c": 0.06867,
    "h": 254.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85A5CD

secondary

#E3D8CB

accent

#7A31B5

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F7FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #85A5CD

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

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