#85AED6#85AED6

#85AED6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.073 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85AED6
RGB	rgb(133, 174, 214)
HSL	hsl(210, 50%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(210, 38%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.9%, 18.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -3.85, -24.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 24.92, 261.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.0272 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.073 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9426, 40.1117, 69.4010)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85AED6 #D6AD85

analogous

#85D6D6 #85AED6 #8585D6

triadic

#85AED6 #D685AE #AED685

tetradic

#85AED6 #D685D6 #D6AD85 #85D685

square

#85AED6 #D685D6 #D6AD85 #85D685

split-complementary

#85AED6 #D68585 #D6D685

monochromatic

#3871A8 #5790C7 #85AED6 #B3CCE5 #E1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#85AED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#85AED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85AED6

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85AED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85AED6	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAFD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A6D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85aed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 174, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.073 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abc6e2',
    500: '#85aed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85aed6;
$custom-light: #abc6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85aed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.63,
    "s": 49.693,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73571,
    "c": 0.07326,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85AED6

secondary

#E8DBCF

accent

#7228BD

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #85AED6

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →