#85ACDE#85ACDE

#85ACDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.084 H 254.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85ACDE
RGB	rgb(133, 172, 222)
HSL	hsl(214, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(214, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 22.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -0.61, -29.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 29.40, 268.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.022 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.084 254.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6060, 39.7634, 74.7866)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85ACDE #DEB785

analogous

#85D8DE #85ACDE #8B85DE

triadic

#85ACDE #DE85AC #ACDE85

tetradic

#85ACDE #DE85D8 #DEB785 #85DE8B

square

#85ACDE #DE85D8 #DEB785 #85DE8B

split-complementary

#85ACDE #DE8B85 #D8DE85

monochromatic

#326CB7 #558BD1 #85ACDE #B5CDEB #E5EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#85ACDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#85ACDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85ACDE

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85ACDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85ACDE	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AEE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66B7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85acde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 172, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.084 254.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abc4e8',
    500: '#85acde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85acde;
$custom-light: #abc4e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85acde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.708,
    "s": 57.419,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73474,
    "c": 0.08449,
    "h": 254.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85ACDE

secondary

#ECE1D3

accent

#7D21C5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #85ACDE

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

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