#85B2BC#85B2BC

#85B2BC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.050 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85B2BC
RGB	rgb(133, 178, 188)
HSL	hsl(191, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(191, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -12.56, -9.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 16.02, 218.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.042 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.05 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6675, 40.4565, 53.5494)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85B2BC #BC8F85

analogous

#85BCAA #85B2BC #8596BC

triadic

#85B2BC #BC85B2 #B2BC85

tetradic

#85B2BC #AA85BC #BC8F85 #96BC85

square

#85B2BC #AA85BC #BC8F85 #96BC85

split-complementary

#85B2BC #BC8596 #BCAA85

monochromatic

#467680 #5D99A6 #85B2BC #ADCBD2 #D4E4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#85B2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#85B2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85B2BC

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85B2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85B2BC	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73B6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85b2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 178, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.050 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aac9d0',
    500: '#85b2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85b2bc;
$custom-light: #aac9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85b2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 29.101,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73476,
    "c": 0.05002,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85B2BC

secondary

#D8C8C4

accent

#513EA8

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #85B2BC

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

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