#85B4E2#85B4E2

#85B4E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.083 H 248.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85B4E2
RGB	rgb(133, 180, 226)
HSL	hsl(210, 62%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(210, 41%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -3.93, -27.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 28.26, 262.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.0306 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.083 248.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7171, 43.1177, 78.1665)
Luminance	0.4312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85B4E2 #E2B385

analogous

#85E2E1 #85B4E2 #8586E2

triadic

#85B4E2 #E285B4 #B4E285

tetradic

#85B4E2 #E185E2 #E2B385 #86E285

square

#85B4E2 #E185E2 #E2B385 #86E285

split-complementary

#85B4E2 #E28586 #E2E185

monochromatic

#2D77BF #5496D6 #85B4E2 #B6D2EE #E6F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#85B4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#85B4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85B4E2

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85B4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85B4E2	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B5E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ABE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85b4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 180, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.083 248.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#accaeb',
    500: '#85b4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85b4e2;
$custom-light: #accaeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85b4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.677,
    "s": 61.589,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75359,
    "c": 0.08342,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85B4E2

secondary

#EEE1D5

accent

#721CC9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #85B4E2

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

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