#85B4EA#85B4EA

#85B4EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.093 H 252.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85B4EA
RGB	rgb(133, 180, 234)
HSL	hsl(212, 71%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(212, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 23.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -1.74, -31.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 31.92, 266.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.028 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.093 252.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8405, 43.5670, 84.0832)
Luminance	0.4357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85B4EA #EABB85

analogous

#85E7EA #85B4EA #8985EA

triadic

#85B4EA #EA85B4 #B4EA85

tetradic

#85B4EA #EA85E7 #EABB85 #85EA89

square

#85B4EA #EA85E7 #EABB85 #85EA89

split-complementary

#85B4EA #EA8985 #E7EA85

monochromatic

#2474D1 #5194E1 #85B4EA #B9D4F3 #E5EFFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#85B4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#85B4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85B4EA

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85B4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85B4EA	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB6EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ACE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EC0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85b4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 180, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.093 252.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#accaf1',
    500: '#85b4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85b4ea;
$custom-light: #accaf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85b4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.079,
    "s": 70.629,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75697,
    "c": 0.093,
    "h": 252.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85B4EA

secondary

#F2E6D9

accent

#7913D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FD

border

#CFD1D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #85B4EA

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

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