#85B5CE#85B5CE

#85B5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.062 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85B5CE
RGB	rgb(133, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(201, 43%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(201, 35%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -9.71, -17.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 20.20, 241.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0389 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.062 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3337, 42.4885, 64.6145)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85B5CE #CE9E85

analogous

#85CEC3 #85B5CE #8591CE

triadic

#85B5CE #CE85B5 #B5CE85

tetradic

#85B5CE #C385CE #CE9E85 #91CE85

square

#85B5CE #C385CE #CE9E85 #91CE85

split-complementary

#85B5CE #CE8591 #CEC385

monochromatic

#3E7B9B #599BBC #85B5CE #B1CFE0 #DCEAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#85B5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#85B5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85B5CE

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85B5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85B5CE	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EABCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CBCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85b5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.062 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abcbdd',
    500: '#85b5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85b5ce;
$custom-light: #abcbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85b5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.548,
    "s": 42.69,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74787,
    "c": 0.06231,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85B5CE

secondary

#E3D4CC

accent

#5E30B6

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #85B5CE

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

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