#85ABC5#85ABC5

#85ABC5 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.056 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85ABC5
RGB	rgb(133, 171, 197)
HSL	hsl(204, 36%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 32%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 13.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, -6.59, -17.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 18.63, 249.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0293 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.056 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3107, 38.1420, 58.3668)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85ABC5 #C59F85

analogous

#85C5BF #85ABC5 #858BC5

triadic

#85ABC5 #C585AB #ABC585

tetradic

#85ABC5 #BF85C5 #C59F85 #8BC585

square

#85ABC5 #BF85C5 #C59F85 #8BC585

split-complementary

#85ABC5 #C5858B #C5BF85

monochromatic

#436F8D #5C8EB1 #85ABC5 #AEC8D9 #D8E4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#85ABC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#85ABC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85ABC5

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85ABC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85ABC5	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0AAC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A3C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85abc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 171, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.056 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aac4d6',
    500: '#85abc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85abc5;
$custom-light: #aac4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85abc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.375,
    "s": 35.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72251,
    "c": 0.05608,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85ABC5

secondary

#DED1C8

accent

#6837AE

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#101214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #85ABC5

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

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