#85ABC7#85ABC7

#85ABC7 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.058 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85ABC7
RGB	rgb(133, 171, 199)
HSL	hsl(205, 37%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(205, 33%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 14.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -6.09, -18.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 19.41, 251.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0286 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.058 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5414, 38.2342, 59.5817)
Luminance	0.3824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85ABC7 #C7A185

analogous

#85C7C2 #85ABC7 #858AC7

triadic

#85ABC7 #C785AB #ABC785

tetradic

#85ABC7 #C285C7 #C7A185 #8AC785

square

#85ABC7 #C285C7 #C7A185 #8AC785

split-complementary

#85ABC7 #C7858A #C7C285

monochromatic

#426F90 #5B8EB4 #85ABC7 #AFC8DA #D9E5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#85ABC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#85ABC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85ABC7

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85ABC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85ABC7	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FAAC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A3C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85abc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 171, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.058 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aac4d8',
    500: '#85abc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85abc7;
$custom-light: #aac4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85abc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.455,
    "s": 37.079,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72327,
    "c": 0.05813,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85ABC7

secondary

#DFD2C9

accent

#6936B0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#101214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #85ABC7

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

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