#85AECD#85AECD

#85AECD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.063 H 241.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85AECD
RGB	rgb(133, 174, 205)
HSL	hsl(206, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(206, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 15.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -6.19, -20.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 21.09, 252.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.0303 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.063 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8249, 39.6646, 63.5141)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85AECD #CDA485

analogous

#85CDC8 #85AECD #858ACD

triadic

#85AECD #CD85AE #AECD85

tetradic

#85AECD #C885CD #CDA485 #8ACD85

square

#85AECD #C885CD #CDA485 #8ACD85

split-complementary

#85AECD #CD858A #CDC885

monochromatic

#3F7299 #5A91BB #85AECD #B0CBDF #DCE8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#85AECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#85AECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85AECD

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85AECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85AECD	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DB6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85aecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 174, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.063 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aac6dc',
    500: '#85aecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85aecd;
$custom-light: #aac6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85aecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.833,
    "s": 41.86,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73213,
    "c": 0.06323,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85AECD

secondary

#E3D5CB

accent

#6A31B5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #85AECD

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

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