#85AFBE#85AFBE

#85AFBE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.050 H 221.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85AFBE
RGB	rgb(133, 175, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 30%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -10.48, -12.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 16.10, 229.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0373 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.05 221.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2942, 39.3626, 54.4960)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85AFBE #BE9485

analogous

#85BEB0 #85AFBE #8592BE

triadic

#85AFBE #BE85AF #AFBE85

tetradic

#85AFBE #B085BE #BE9485 #92BE85

square

#85AFBE #B085BE #BE9485 #92BE85

split-complementary

#85AFBE #BE8592 #BEB085

monochromatic

#467383 #5D95A9 #85AFBE #ADC9D3 #D5E3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#85AFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#85AFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85AFBE

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85AFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85AFBE	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72B4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85afbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 175, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.050 221.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aac6d1',
    500: '#85afbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85afbe;
$custom-light: #aac6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85afbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 30.481,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72878,
    "c": 0.05003,
    "h": 221.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85AFBE

secondary

#DACBC5

accent

#593CA9

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #85AFBE

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

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