#85AFBF#85AFBF

#85AFBF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.051 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85AFBF
RGB	rgb(133, 175, 191)
HSL	hsl(197, 31%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 30%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -10.24, -12.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 16.33, 231.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0369 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.051 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4039, 39.4064, 55.0735)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85AFBF #BF9585

analogous

#85BFB2 #85AFBF #8592BF

triadic

#85AFBF #BF85AF #AFBF85

tetradic

#85AFBF #B285BF #BF9585 #92BF85

square

#85AFBF #B285BF #BF9585 #92BF85

split-complementary

#85AFBF #BF8592 #BFB285

monochromatic

#457384 #5D95AA #85AFBF #ADC9D4 #D5E4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#85AFBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#85AFBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85AFBF

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85AFBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85AFBF	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ADC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72B4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85afbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 175, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.051 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aac6d2',
    500: '#85afbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85afbf;
$custom-light: #aac6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85afbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.552,
    "s": 31.183,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72913,
    "c": 0.05069,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85AFBF

secondary

#DACBC6

accent

#5A3CAA

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #85AFBF

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

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