#85B7CD#85B7CD

#85B7CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.061 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85B7CD
RGB	rgb(133, 183, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(198, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -11.03, -16.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 19.74, 236.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.0419 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.061 227)
XYZ	xyz(37.6222, 43.2592, 64.1132)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85B7CD #CD9B85

analogous

#85CDBF #85B7CD #8593CD

triadic

#85B7CD #CD85B7 #B7CD85

tetradic

#85B7CD #BF85CD #CD9B85 #93CD85

square

#85B7CD #BF85CD #CD9B85 #93CD85

split-complementary

#85B7CD #CD8593 #CDBF85

monochromatic

#3F7D99 #5A9DBB #85B7CD #B0D1DF #DCEAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#85B7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#85B7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85B7CD

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85B7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85B7CD	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CBEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85b7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 183, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.061 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abccdc',
    500: '#85b7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85b7cd;
$custom-light: #abccdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85b7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.333,
    "s": 41.86,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75192,
    "c": 0.06141,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.43261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85B7CD

secondary

#E3D2CB

accent

#5931B5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F8FB

border

#CED1D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #85B7CD

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

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