#85B2CD#85B2CD

#85B2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.062 H 235.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85B2CD
RGB	rgb(133, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(203, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(203, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -8.36, -18.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 20.28, 245.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0355 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.062 235)
XYZ	xyz(36.6091, 41.2332, 63.7756)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85B2CD #CDA085

analogous

#85CDC4 #85B2CD #858ECD

triadic

#85B2CD #CD85B2 #B2CD85

tetradic

#85B2CD #C485CD #CDA085 #8ECD85

square

#85B2CD #C485CD #CDA085 #8ECD85

split-complementary

#85B2CD #CD858E #CDC485

monochromatic

#3F7799 #5A97BB #85B2CD #B0CDDF #DCE9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#85B2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#85B2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85B2CD

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85B2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85B2CD	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CB9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85b2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.062 235.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abc9dc',
    500: '#85b2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85b2cd;
$custom-light: #abc9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85b2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 41.86,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7409,
    "c": 0.06194,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.41235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85B2CD

secondary

#E3D4CB

accent

#6231B5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #85B2CD

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

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