#85B4EE#85B4EE

#85B4EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.098 H 254.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85B4EE
RGB	rgb(133, 180, 238)
HSL	hsl(213, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(213, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 24.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -0.64, -33.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 33.81, 268.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0268 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.098 254.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.4216, 43.7995, 87.1438)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85B4EE #EEBF85

analogous

#85E8EE #85B4EE #8A85EE

triadic

#85B4EE #EE85B4 #B4EE85

tetradic

#85B4EE #EE85E8 #EEBF85 #85EE8A

square

#85B4EE #EE85E8 #EEBF85 #85EE8A

split-complementary

#85B4EE #EE8A85 #E8EE85

monochromatic

#1E72DA #4F93E7 #85B4EE #BBD5F5 #E4EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#85B4EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#85B4EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85B4EE

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85B4EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85B4EE	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ACED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CC1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85b4ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 180, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.098 254.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adcaf3',
    500: '#85b4ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85b4ee;
$custom-light: #adcaf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85b4ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.143,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75872,
    "c": 0.09794,
    "h": 254.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85B4EE

secondary

#F3E7D8

accent

#7D0ED8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FD

border

#CFD1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #85B4EE

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

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