#85B3BE#85B3BE

#85B3BE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.051 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85B3BE
RGB	rgb(133, 179, 190)
HSL	hsl(192, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(192, 30%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -12.61, -10.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 16.43, 219.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.0425 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.051 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0843, 40.9427, 54.7593)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85B3BE #BE9085

analogous

#85BEAC #85B3BE #8596BE

triadic

#85B3BE #BE85B3 #B3BE85

tetradic

#85B3BE #AC85BE #BE9085 #96BE85

square

#85B3BE #AC85BE #BE9085 #96BE85

split-complementary

#85B3BE #BE8596 #BEAC85

monochromatic

#467783 #5D9AA9 #85B3BE #ADCCD3 #D5E5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#85B3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#85B3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85B3BE

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85B3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85B3BE	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72B8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85b3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 179, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.051 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aac9d1',
    500: '#85b3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85b3be;
$custom-light: #aac9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85b3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.579,
    "s": 30.481,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73769,
    "c": 0.05135,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85B3BE

secondary

#DAC9C5

accent

#513CA9

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F9

border

#CED1D2

text

#101314

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #85B3BE

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

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