#85B2CB#85B2CB

#85B2CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.060 H 232.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85B2CB
RGB	rgb(133, 178, 203)
HSL	hsl(201, 40%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(201, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 12.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -8.87, -17.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 19.60, 243.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0362 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.06 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3693, 41.1372, 62.5123)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85B2CB #CB9E85

analogous

#85CBC1 #85B2CB #858FCB

triadic

#85B2CB #CB85B2 #B2CB85

tetradic

#85B2CB #C185CB #CB9E85 #8FCB85

square

#85B2CB #C185CB #CB9E85 #8FCB85

split-complementary

#85B2CB #CB858F #CBC185

monochromatic

#407796 #5A97B9 #85B2CB #B0CDDD #DBE8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#85B2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#85B2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85B2CB

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85B2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85B2CB	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DB9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85b2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 178, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.060 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aac9da',
    500: '#85b2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85b2cb;
$custom-light: #aac9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85b2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.429,
    "s": 40.23,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74014,
    "c": 0.06013,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85B2CB

secondary

#E1D3CA

accent

#6032B3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FA

border

#CED1D3

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #85B2CB

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

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