#85AFDF#85AFDF

#85AFDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.083 H 252.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85AFDF
RGB	rgb(133, 175, 223)
HSL	hsl(212, 58%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(212, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 21.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -2.00, -28.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 28.69, 266.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.0254 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.083 252.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3178, 40.9720, 75.6871)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85AFDF #DFB585

analogous

#85DCDF #85AFDF #8885DF

triadic

#85AFDF #DF85AF #AFDF85

tetradic

#85AFDF #DF85DC #DFB585 #85DF88

square

#85AFDF #DF85DC #DFB585 #85DF88

split-complementary

#85AFDF #DF8885 #DCDF85

monochromatic

#3170B9 #558FD2 #85AFDF #B5CFEC #E6EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#85AFDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#85AFDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85AFDF

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85AFDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85AFDF	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65BABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85afdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 175, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.083 252.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acc6e9',
    500: '#85afdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85afdf;
$custom-light: #acc6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85afdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74159,
    "c": 0.08336,
    "h": 252.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85AFDF

secondary

#EDE1D3

accent

#781FC6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FC

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #85AFDF

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

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