#85B2BD#85B2BD

#85B2BD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.050 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85B2BD
RGB	rgb(133, 178, 189)
HSL	hsl(192, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(192, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -12.32, -10.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 16.15, 220.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0416 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.05 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7756, 40.4998, 54.1191)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85B2BD #BD9085

analogous

#85BDAC #85B2BD #8596BD

triadic

#85B2BD #BD85B2 #B2BD85

tetradic

#85B2BD #AC85BD #BD9085 #96BD85

square

#85B2BD #AC85BD #BD9085 #96BD85

split-complementary

#85B2BD #BD8596 #BDAC85

monochromatic

#467682 #5D99A8 #85B2BD #ADCBD2 #D4E4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#85B2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#85B2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85B2BD

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85B2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85B2BD	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85b2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 178, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.050 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aac9d0',
    500: '#85b2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85b2bd;
$custom-light: #aac9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85b2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.786,
    "s": 29.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73511,
    "c": 0.05045,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85B2BD

secondary

#D9C9C5

accent

#523DA8

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #85B2BD

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

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