#85AECE#85AECE

#85AECE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.064 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85AECE
RGB	rgb(133, 174, 206)
HSL	hsl(206, 43%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(206, 35%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 15.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -5.94, -20.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 21.49, 253.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.03 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.064 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9460, 39.7130, 64.1519)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85AECE #CEA585

analogous

#85CECA #85AECE #858ACE

triadic

#85AECE #CE85AE #AECE85

tetradic

#85AECE #CA85CE #CEA585 #8ACE85

square

#85AECE #CA85CE #CEA585 #8ACE85

split-complementary

#85AECE #CE858A #CECA85

monochromatic

#3E729B #5991BC #85AECE #B1CBE0 #DCE8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#85AECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#85AECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85AECE

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85AECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85AECE	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DB6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85aece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 174, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.064 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abc6dd',
    500: '#85aece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85aece;
$custom-light: #abc6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85aece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.301,
    "s": 42.69,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73252,
    "c": 0.06428,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85AECE

secondary

#E3D6CC

accent

#6A30B6

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #85AECE

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

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