#85ADD8#85ADD8

#85ADD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.076 H 250.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85ADD8
RGB	rgb(133, 173, 216)
HSL	hsl(211, 52%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(211, 38%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 19.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -2.77, -26.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 26.18, 263.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0252 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.076 250.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0071, 39.8295, 70.6903)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85ADD8 #D8B085

analogous

#85D7D8 #85ADD8 #8685D8

triadic

#85ADD8 #D885AD #ADD885

tetradic

#85ADD8 #D885D7 #D8B085 #85D886

square

#85ADD8 #D885D7 #D8B085 #85D886

split-complementary

#85ADD8 #D88685 #D7D885

monochromatic

#376FAC #578EC9 #85ADD8 #B3CCE7 #E2EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#85ADD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#85ADD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85ADD8

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85ADD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85ADD8	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAEDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A6D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85add8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 173, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.076 250.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abc5e4',
    500: '#85add8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85add8;
$custom-light: #abc5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85add8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.084,
    "s": 51.553,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73437,
    "c": 0.07631,
    "h": 250.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85ADD8

secondary

#E9DDD0

accent

#7627BF

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #85ADD8

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

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