#85B4E1#85B4E1

#85B4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.082 H 247.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85B4E1
RGB	rgb(133, 180, 225)
HSL	hsl(209, 61%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(209, 41%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 20%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -4.20, -27.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 27.82, 261.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.031 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.082 247.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5803, 43.0630, 77.4459)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85B4E1 #E1B285

analogous

#85E1E0 #85B4E1 #8586E1

triadic

#85B4E1 #E185B4 #B4E185

tetradic

#85B4E1 #E085E1 #E1B285 #86E185

square

#85B4E1 #E085E1 #E1B285 #86E185

split-complementary

#85B4E1 #E18586 #E1E085

monochromatic

#2F77BD #5496D5 #85B4E1 #B6D2ED #E6F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#85B4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#85B4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85B4E1

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85B4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85B4E1	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B5E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ABE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63BEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85b4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 180, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.082 247.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#accaea',
    500: '#85b4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85b4e1;
$custom-light: #accaea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85b4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.348,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75317,
    "c": 0.08226,
    "h": 247.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85B4E1

secondary

#EEE1D4

accent

#711DC8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #85B4E1

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

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