#85ABC8#85ABC8

#85ABC8 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.059 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85ABC8
RGB	rgb(133, 171, 200)
HSL	hsl(206, 38%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(206, 34%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, -5.84, -18.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 19.81, 252.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0282 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.059 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6578, 38.2808, 60.1952)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85ABC8 #C8A285

analogous

#85C8C3 #85ABC8 #8589C8

triadic

#85ABC8 #C885AB #ABC885

tetradic

#85ABC8 #C385C8 #C8A285 #89C885

square

#85ABC8 #C385C8 #C8A285 #89C885

split-complementary

#85ABC8 #C88589 #C8C385

monochromatic

#416F91 #5B8EB5 #85ABC8 #AFC8DB #D9E5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#85ABC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#85ABC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85ABC8

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85ABC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85ABC8	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FAAC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A3C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FB2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85abc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 171, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.059 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aac4d8',
    500: '#85abc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85abc8;
$custom-light: #aac4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85abc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.97,
    "s": 37.853,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72365,
    "c": 0.05918,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85ABC8

secondary

#E0D3C9

accent

#6A35B1

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#101214

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #85ABC8

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

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