#85AEDD#85AEDD

#85AEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.082 H 252.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85AEDD
RGB	rgb(133, 174, 221)
HSL	hsl(212, 56%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(212, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 21.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -1.99, -28.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 28.13, 265.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.0248 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.082 252.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8559, 40.4770, 74.2107)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85AEDD #DDB485

analogous

#85DADD #85AEDD #8885DD

triadic

#85AEDD #DD85AE #AEDD85

tetradic

#85AEDD #DD85DA #DDB485 #85DD88

square

#85AEDD #DD85DA #DDB485 #85DD88

split-complementary

#85AEDD #DD8885 #DADD85

monochromatic

#326FB5 #558ED0 #85AEDD #B5CEEA #E5EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#85AEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#85AEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85AEDD

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85AEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85AEDD	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66B9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85aedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 174, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.082 252.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abc6e7',
    500: '#85aedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85aedd;
$custom-light: #abc6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85aedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.045,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7386,
    "c": 0.08167,
    "h": 252.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85AEDD

secondary

#ECE0D2

accent

#7822C4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #85AEDD

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

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