#85AFC5#85AFC5

#85AFC5 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.055 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85AFC5
RGB	rgb(133, 175, 197)
HSL	hsl(201, 36%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(201, 32%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 11.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -8.76, -15.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 18.01, 240.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0346 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.055 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0777, 39.6760, 58.6224)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85AFC5 #C59B85

analogous

#85C5BB #85AFC5 #858FC5

triadic

#85AFC5 #C585AF #AFC585

tetradic

#85AFC5 #BB85C5 #C59B85 #8FC585

square

#85AFC5 #BB85C5 #C59B85 #8FC585

split-complementary

#85AFC5 #C5858F #C5BB85

monochromatic

#43738D #5C94B1 #85AFC5 #AECAD9 #D8E5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#85AFC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#85AFC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85AFC5

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85AFC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85AFC5	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ADC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA6C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85afc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 175, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.055 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aac6d6',
    500: '#85afc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85afc5;
$custom-light: #aac6d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85afc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.625,
    "s": 35.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73131,
    "c": 0.05529,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85AFC5

secondary

#DECFC8

accent

#6037AE

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#101314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #85AFC5

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

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