#85AEE3#85AEE3

#85AEE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.089 H 255.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85AEE3
RGB	rgb(133, 174, 227)
HSL	hsl(214, 63%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(214, 41%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 23.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -0.36, -30.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 30.99, 269.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.0229 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.089 255.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6696, 40.8025, 78.4962)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85AEE3 #E3BA85

analogous

#85DDE3 #85AEE3 #8B85E3

triadic

#85AEE3 #E385AE #AEE385

tetradic

#85AEE3 #E385DD #E3BA85 #85E38B

square

#85AEE3 #E385DD #E3BA85 #85E38B

split-complementary

#85AEE3 #E38B85 #DDE385

monochromatic

#2C6DC1 #538DD8 #85AEE3 #B7CFEE #E6EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#85AEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#85AEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85AEE3

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85AEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85AEE3	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA7E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63BAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85aee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 174, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.089 255.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acc6ec',
    500: '#85aee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85aee3;
$custom-light: #acc6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85aee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.83,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74116,
    "c": 0.08914,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85AEE3

secondary

#EFE4D5

accent

#7E1BCA

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #85AEE3

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

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