#85ADDD#85ADDD

#85ADDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.082 H 253.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85ADDD
RGB	rgb(133, 173, 221)
HSL	hsl(213, 56%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(213, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 21.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -1.43, -28.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 28.52, 267.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.0236 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.082 253.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6634, 40.0920, 74.1466)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85ADDD #DDB585

analogous

#85D9DD #85ADDD #8985DD

triadic

#85ADDD #DD85AD #ADDD85

tetradic

#85ADDD #DD85D9 #DDB585 #85DD89

square

#85ADDD #DD85D9 #DDB585 #85DD89

split-complementary

#85ADDD #DD8985 #D9DD85

monochromatic

#326EB5 #558DD0 #85ADDD #B5CDEA #E5EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#85ADDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#85ADDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85ADDD

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85ADDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85ADDD	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66B8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85addd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 173, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.082 253.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abc5e7',
    500: '#85addd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85addd;
$custom-light: #abc5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85addd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.727,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73646,
    "c": 0.08244,
    "h": 253.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85ADDD

secondary

#ECE0D2

accent

#7A22C4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #85ADDD

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

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