#85ABC4#85ABC4

#85ABC4 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.055 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85ABC4
RGB	rgb(133, 171, 196)
HSL	hsl(204, 35%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 32%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 12.8%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, -6.84, -16.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 18.25, 247.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0297 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.055 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1965, 38.0963, 57.7653)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85ABC4 #C49E85

analogous

#85C4BE #85ABC4 #858BC4

triadic

#85ABC4 #C485AB #ABC485

tetradic

#85ABC4 #BE85C4 #C49E85 #8BC485

square

#85ABC4 #BE85C4 #C49E85 #8BC485

split-complementary

#85ABC4 #C4858B #C4BE85

monochromatic

#436F8B #5C8FB0 #85ABC4 #AEC7D8 #D8E4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#85ABC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#85ABC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85ABC4

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85ABC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85ABC4	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0AAC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A3C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85abc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 171, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.055 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aac4d5',
    500: '#85abc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85abc4;
$custom-light: #aac4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85abc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.81,
    "s": 34.807,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72213,
    "c": 0.05509,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85ABC4

secondary

#DDD0C8

accent

#6738AE

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#101214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #85ABC4

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

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