#85B2CE#85B2CE

#85B2CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.063 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85B2CE
RGB	rgb(133, 178, 206)
HSL	hsl(203, 43%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(203, 35%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 13.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, -8.10, -18.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 20.63, 246.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0351 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.063 236)
XYZ	xyz(36.7302, 41.2816, 64.4133)
Luminance	0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85B2CE #CEA185

analogous

#85CEC6 #85B2CE #858ECE

triadic

#85B2CE #CE85B2 #B2CE85

tetradic

#85B2CE #C685CE #CEA185 #8ECE85

square

#85B2CE #C685CE #CEA185 #8ECE85

split-complementary

#85B2CE #CE858E #CEC685

monochromatic

#3E779B #5996BC #85B2CE #B1CEE0 #DCE9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#85B2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#85B2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85B2CE

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85B2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85B2CE	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CB9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85b2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 178, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.063 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abc9dd',
    500: '#85b2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85b2ce;
$custom-light: #abc9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85b2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.014,
    "s": 42.69,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74128,
    "c": 0.06288,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.41284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85B2CE

secondary

#E3D5CC

accent

#6330B6

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #85B2CE

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

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