#85B4E6#85B4E6

#85B4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.088 H 250.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85B4E6
RGB	rgb(133, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(211, 66%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(211, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, -2.84, -29.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 30.07, 264.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.0293 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.088 250.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2723, 43.3398, 81.0909)
Luminance	0.4334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85B4E6 #E6B785

analogous

#85E4E6 #85B4E6 #8685E6

triadic

#85B4E6 #E685B4 #B4E685

tetradic

#85B4E6 #E685E4 #E6B785 #85E686

square

#85B4E6 #E685E4 #E6B785 #85E686

split-complementary

#85B4E6 #E68685 #E4E685

monochromatic

#2976C8 #5295DC #85B4E6 #B8D3F0 #E6EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#85B4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#85B4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85B4E6

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85B4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85B4E6	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B5E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ACE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60BFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85b4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.088 250.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#accaee',
    500: '#85b4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85b4e6;
$custom-light: #accaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85b4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.928,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75526,
    "c": 0.08816,
    "h": 250.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85B4E6

secondary

#F0E4D7

accent

#7618CE

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #85B4E6

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

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