#85B2E2#85B2E2

#85B2E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.085 H 250.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85B2E2
RGB	rgb(133, 178, 226)
HSL	hsl(211, 62%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(211, 41%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 21.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -2.83, -28.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 28.97, 264.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.0282 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.085 250.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.3162, 42.3160, 78.0329)
Luminance	0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85B2E2 #E2B585

analogous

#85E0E2 #85B2E2 #8785E2

triadic

#85B2E2 #E285B2 #B2E285

tetradic

#85B2E2 #E285E0 #E2B585 #85E287

square

#85B2E2 #E285E0 #E2B585 #85E287

split-complementary

#85B2E2 #E28785 #E0E285

monochromatic

#2D74BF #5493D6 #85B2E2 #B6D1EE #E6EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#85B2E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#85B2E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85B2E2

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85B2E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85B2E2	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB3E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94AAE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63BDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85b2e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 178, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.085 250.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acc8eb',
    500: '#85b2e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85b2e2;
$custom-light: #acc8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85b2e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.968,
    "s": 61.589,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74929,
    "c": 0.0848,
    "h": 250.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85B2E2

secondary

#EEE2D5

accent

#761CC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #85B2E2

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

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