#85A9DB#85A9DB

#85A9DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.083 H 256.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85A9DB
RGB	rgb(133, 169, 219)
HSL	hsl(215, 54%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(215, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 22.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, 0.24, -29.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 29.18, 270.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0192 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.083 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6430, 38.4750, 72.4997)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85A9DB #DBB785

analogous

#85D4DB #85A9DB #8C85DB

triadic

#85A9DB #DB85A9 #A9DB85

tetradic

#85A9DB #DB85D4 #DBB785 #85DB8C

square

#85A9DB #DB85D4 #DBB785 #85DB8C

split-complementary

#85A9DB #DB8C85 #D4DB85

monochromatic

#3469B1 #5688CD #85A9DB #B4CAE9 #E4ECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#85A9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#85A9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85A9DB

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85A9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85A9DB	1.00	2.42	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ABDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68B4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85a9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 169, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.083 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abc2e6',
    500: '#85a9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85a9db;
$custom-light: #abc2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85a9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.884,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72706,
    "c": 0.08322,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85A9DB

secondary

#EBE0D1

accent

#8024C2

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #85A9DB

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

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