#85ADE4#85ADE4

#85ADE4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.091 H 256.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85ADE4
RGB	rgb(133, 173, 228)
HSL	hsl(215, 64%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(215, 42%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 24.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, 0.47, -31.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 31.90, 270.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0213 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.091 256.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6155, 40.4729, 79.1610)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85ADE4 #E4BC85

analogous

#85DCE4 #85ADE4 #8C85E4

triadic

#85ADE4 #E485AD #ADE485

tetradic

#85ADE4 #E485DC #E4BC85 #85E48C

square

#85ADE4 #E485DC #E4BC85 #85E48C

split-complementary

#85ADE4 #E48C85 #DCE485

monochromatic

#2B6BC3 #538BD9 #85ADE4 #B7CFEF #E6EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#85ADE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#85ADE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85ADE4

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85ADE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85ADE4	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B0E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA6E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63B9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85ade4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 173, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.091 256.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acc5ec',
    500: '#85ade4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85ade4;
$custom-light: #acc5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85ade4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.737,
    "s": 63.758,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73947,
    "c": 0.09127,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85ADE4

secondary

#EFE4D6

accent

#811ACC

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #85ADE4

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

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