#85B4CD#85B4CD

#85B4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.062 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85B4CD
RGB	rgb(133, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(201, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(201, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -9.43, -17.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 20.00, 241.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.038 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.062 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0100, 42.0348, 63.9092)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85B4CD #CD9E85

analogous

#85CDC2 #85B4CD #8590CD

triadic

#85B4CD #CD85B4 #B4CD85

tetradic

#85B4CD #C285CD #CD9E85 #90CD85

square

#85B4CD #C285CD #CD9E85 #90CD85

split-complementary

#85B4CD #CD8590 #CDC285

monochromatic

#3F7A99 #5A99BB #85B4CD #B0CFDF #DCE9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#85B4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#85B4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85B4CD

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85B4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85B4CD	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CBBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85b4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.062 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abcadc',
    500: '#85b4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85b4cd;
$custom-light: #abcadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85b4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.833,
    "s": 41.86,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7453,
    "c": 0.06159,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85B4CD

secondary

#E3D3CB

accent

#5F31B5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #85B4CD

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

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