#85AFDC#85AFDC

#85AFDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.080 H 250.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85AFDC
RGB	rgb(133, 175, 220)
HSL	hsl(211, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(211, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 20.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -2.80, -27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 27.30, 264.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0264 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.08 250.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9169, 40.8117, 73.5758)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85AFDC #DCB285

analogous

#85DBDC #85AFDC #8785DC

triadic

#85AFDC #DC85AF #AFDC85

tetradic

#85AFDC #DC85DB #DCB285 #85DC87

square

#85AFDC #DC85DB #DCB285 #85DC87

split-complementary

#85AFDC #DC8785 #DBDC85

monochromatic

#3371B3 #5590CE #85AFDC #B5CEEA #E4EDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#85AFDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#85AFDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85AFDC

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85AFDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85AFDC	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)

#9EB0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66B9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85afdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 175, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.080 250.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abc6e7',
    500: '#85afdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85afdc;
$custom-light: #abc6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85afdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.034,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74033,
    "c": 0.07972,
    "h": 250.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85AFDC

secondary

#EBDFD2

accent

#7623C3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #85AFDC

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

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