#85A8BE#85A8BE

#85A8BE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.050 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85A8BE
RGB	rgb(133, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(203, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(203, 30%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, -6.70, -15.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 16.58, 246.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.028 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.05 236)
XYZ	xyz(32.9669, 36.7081, 54.0535)
Luminance	0.3671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85A8BE #BE9B85

analogous

#85BEB7 #85A8BE #858BBE

triadic

#85A8BE #BE85A8 #A8BE85

tetradic

#85A8BE #B785BE #BE9B85 #8BBE85

square

#85A8BE #B785BE #BE9B85 #8BBE85

split-complementary

#85A8BE #BE858B #BEB785

monochromatic

#466B83 #5D8CA9 #85A8BE #ADC4D3 #D5E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#85A8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#85A8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85A8BE

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85A8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85A8BE	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73AEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85a8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.050 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aac1d1',
    500: '#85a8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85a8be;
$custom-light: #aac1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85a8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.158,
    "s": 30.481,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7133,
    "c": 0.05003,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.3671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85A8BE

secondary

#DACDC5

accent

#663CA9

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F7F9

border

#CED0D2

text

#101214

muted

#7F8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #85A8BE

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

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