#85ABDD#85ABDD

#85ABDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.084 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85ABDD
RGB	rgb(133, 171, 221)
HSL	hsl(214, 56%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(214, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 22.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -0.33, -29.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 29.32, 269.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.021 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.084 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2828, 39.3308, 74.0197)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85ABDD #DDB785

analogous

#85D7DD #85ABDD #8B85DD

triadic

#85ABDD #DD85AB #ABDD85

tetradic

#85ABDD #DD85D7 #DDB785 #85DD8B

square

#85ABDD #DD85D7 #DDB785 #85DD8B

split-complementary

#85ABDD #DD8B85 #D7DD85

monochromatic

#326BB5 #558AD0 #85ABDD #B5CCEA #E5EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#85ABDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#85ABDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85ABDD

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85ABDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85ABDD	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ADDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66B6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85abdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 171, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.084 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abc3e7',
    500: '#85abdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85abdd;
$custom-light: #abc3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85abdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.091,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73218,
    "c": 0.08406,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85ABDD

secondary

#ECE1D2

accent

#7E22C4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #85ABDD

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

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