#85AEC0#85AEC0

#85AEC0 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.051 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85AEC0
RGB	rgb(133, 174, 192)
HSL	hsl(198, 32%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(198, 31%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 9.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -9.46, -13.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 16.60, 235.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0352 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.051 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3204, 39.0628, 55.5905)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85AEC0 #C09785

analogous

#85C0B4 #85AEC0 #8590C0

triadic

#85AEC0 #C085AE #AEC085

tetradic

#85AEC0 #B485C0 #C09785 #90C085

square

#85AEC0 #B485C0 #C09785 #90C085

split-complementary

#85AEC0 #C08590 #C0B485

monochromatic

#457286 #5D93AB #85AEC0 #ADC9D5 #D6E4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#85AEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#85AEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85AEC0

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85AEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85AEC0	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ACC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85aec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 174, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.051 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aac6d3',
    500: '#85aec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85aec0;
$custom-light: #aac6d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85aec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.305,
    "s": 31.892,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72727,
    "c": 0.05128,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85AEC0

secondary

#DBCCC6

accent

#5D3BAB

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #85AEC0

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

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