#85AEBE#85AEBE

#85AEBE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.050 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85AEBE
RGB	rgb(133, 174, 190)
HSL	hsl(197, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(197, 30%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -9.94, -12.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 16.08, 231.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0359 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.05 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1003, 38.9748, 54.4313)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85AEBE #BE9585

analogous

#85BEB1 #85AEBE #8591BE

triadic

#85AEBE #BE85AE #AEBE85

tetradic

#85AEBE #B185BE #BE9585 #91BE85

square

#85AEBE #B185BE #BE9585 #91BE85

split-complementary

#85AEBE #BE8591 #BEB185

monochromatic

#467283 #5D93A9 #85AEBE #ADC9D3 #D5E3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#85AEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#85AEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85AEBE

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85AEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85AEBE	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73B3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85aebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 174, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.050 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aac6d1',
    500: '#85aebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85aebe;
$custom-light: #aac6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85aebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.842,
    "s": 30.481,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72656,
    "c": 0.04985,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85AEBE

secondary

#DACBC5

accent

#5B3CA9

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #85AEBE

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

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