#85AEDE#85AEDE

#85AEDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.083 H 252.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85AEDE
RGB	rgb(133, 174, 222)
HSL	hsl(212, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(212, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 21.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -1.72, -28.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 28.60, 266.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.0245 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.083 252.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9895, 40.5304, 74.9145)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85AEDE #DEB585

analogous

#85DADE #85AEDE #8985DE

triadic

#85AEDE #DE85AE #AEDE85

tetradic

#85AEDE #DE85DA #DEB585 #85DE89

square

#85AEDE #DE85DA #DEB585 #85DE89

split-complementary

#85AEDE #DE8985 #DADE85

monochromatic

#326FB7 #558ED1 #85AEDE #B5CEEB #E5EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#85AEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#85AEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85AEDE

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85AEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85AEDE	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65B9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85aede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 174, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.083 252.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abc6e8',
    500: '#85aede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85aede;
$custom-light: #abc6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85aede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.36,
    "s": 57.419,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73902,
    "c": 0.0829,
    "h": 252.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85AEDE

secondary

#ECE0D3

accent

#7921C5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #85AEDE

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

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