#85B3EE#85B3EE

#85B3EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.099 H 255.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85B3EE
RGB	rgb(133, 179, 238)
HSL	hsl(214, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(214, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 24.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -0.08, -34.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 34.22, 269.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0256 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.099 255)
XYZ	xyz(41.2205, 43.3972, 87.0768)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85B3EE #EEC085

analogous

#85E8EE #85B3EE #8B85EE

triadic

#85B3EE #EE85B3 #B3EE85

tetradic

#85B3EE #EE85E8 #EEC085 #85EE8B

square

#85B3EE #EE85E8 #EEC085 #85EE8B

split-complementary

#85B3EE #EE8B85 #E8EE85

monochromatic

#1E71DA #4F92E7 #85B3EE #BBD4F5 #E4EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#85B3EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#85B3EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85B3EE

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85B3EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85B3EE	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90ABED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CC0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85b3ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 179, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.099 255.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc9f3',
    500: '#85b3ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85b3ee;
$custom-light: #adc9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85b3ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.714,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75659,
    "c": 0.09877,
    "h": 255
  },
  "luminance": 0.434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85B3EE

secondary

#F3E7D8

accent

#7F0ED8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FD

border

#CFD1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #85B3EE

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

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