#85ABC6#85ABC6

#85ABC6 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.057 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85ABC6
RGB	rgb(133, 171, 198)
HSL	hsl(205, 36%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(205, 33%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 13.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -6.34, -17.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 19.01, 250.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.029 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.057 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4256, 38.1879, 58.9722)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85ABC6 #C6A085

analogous

#85C6C1 #85ABC6 #858BC6

triadic

#85ABC6 #C685AB #ABC685

tetradic

#85ABC6 #C185C6 #C6A085 #8BC685

square

#85ABC6 #C185C6 #C6A085 #8BC685

split-complementary

#85ABC6 #C6858B #C6C185

monochromatic

#426F8E #5B8EB3 #85ABC6 #AFC8D9 #D8E4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#85ABC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#85ABC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85ABC6

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85ABC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85ABC6	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FAAC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A3C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85abc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 171, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.057 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aac4d7',
    500: '#85abc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85abc6;
$custom-light: #aac4d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85abc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.923,
    "s": 36.313,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72289,
    "c": 0.05709,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85ABC6

secondary

#DED2C8

accent

#6936AF

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#101214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #85ABC6

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

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