#85ABE0#85ABE0

#85ABE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.088 H 256.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85ABE0
RGB	rgb(133, 171, 224)
HSL	hsl(215, 59%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(215, 41%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 23.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, 0.49, -30.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 30.79, 270.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0201 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.088 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6860, 39.4921, 76.1435)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85ABE0 #E0BA85

analogous

#85D9E0 #85ABE0 #8C85E0

triadic

#85ABE0 #E085AB #ABE085

tetradic

#85ABE0 #E085D9 #E0BA85 #85E08C

square

#85ABE0 #E085D9 #E0BA85 #85E08C

split-complementary

#85ABE0 #E08C85 #D9E085

monochromatic

#306ABB #5489D4 #85ABE0 #B6CDEC #E7EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#85ABE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#85ABE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85ABE0

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85ABE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85ABE0	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AEE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA5DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65B7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85abe0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 171, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.088 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acc3ea',
    500: '#85abe0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85abe0;
$custom-light: #acc3ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85abe0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.945,
    "s": 59.477,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73347,
    "c": 0.0879,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85ABE0

secondary

#EDE2D4

accent

#811EC7

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #85ABE0

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

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