#85B3CE#85B3CE

#85B3CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.063 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85B3CE
RGB	rgb(133, 179, 206)
HSL	hsl(202, 43%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(202, 35%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 13.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, -8.64, -18.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 20.47, 245.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.0364 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.063 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9299, 41.6810, 64.4799)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85B3CE #CEA085

analogous

#85CEC5 #85B3CE #858FCE

triadic

#85B3CE #CE85B3 #B3CE85

tetradic

#85B3CE #C585CE #CEA085 #8FCE85

square

#85B3CE #C585CE #CEA085 #8FCE85

split-complementary

#85B3CE #CE858F #CEC585

monochromatic

#3E789B #5998BC #85B3CE #B1CEE0 #DCE9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#85B3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#85B3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85B3CE

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85B3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85B3CE	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CBABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85b3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 179, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.063 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abc9dd',
    500: '#85b3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85b3ce;
$custom-light: #abc9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85b3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.192,
    "s": 42.69,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74347,
    "c": 0.06265,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85B3CE

secondary

#E3D4CC

accent

#6130B6

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #85B3CE

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

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