#85A8CD#85A8CD

#85A8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.066 H 250.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85A8CD
RGB	rgb(133, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(211, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(211, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, -2.91, -22.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 22.87, 262.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0225 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.066 250.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6915, 37.3979, 63.1364)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85A8CD #CDAA85

analogous

#85CCCD #85A8CD #8685CD

triadic

#85A8CD #CD85A8 #A8CD85

tetradic

#85A8CD #CD85CC #CDAA85 #85CD86

square

#85A8CD #CD85CC #CDAA85 #85CD86

split-complementary

#85A8CD #CD8685 #CCCD85

monochromatic

#3F6B99 #5A89BB #85A8CD #B0C7DF #DCE6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#85A8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#85A8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85A8CD

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85A8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85A8CD	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EB0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85a8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.066 250.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aac1dc',
    500: '#85a8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85a8cd;
$custom-light: #aac1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85a8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.833,
    "s": 41.86,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71909,
    "c": 0.06648,
    "h": 250.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85A8CD

secondary

#E3D7CB

accent

#7531B5

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F7FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #85A8CD

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

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