#85B8CD#85B8CD

#85B8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.061 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85B8CD
RGB	rgb(133, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(198, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -11.56, -15.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 19.70, 234.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0431 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.061 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8292, 43.6732, 64.1822)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85B8CD #CD9A85

analogous

#85CDBE #85B8CD #8594CD

triadic

#85B8CD #CD85B8 #B8CD85

tetradic

#85B8CD #BE85CD #CD9A85 #94CD85

square

#85B8CD #BE85CD #CD9A85 #94CD85

split-complementary

#85B8CD #CD8594 #CDBE85

monochromatic

#3F7F99 #5A9FBB #85B8CD #B0D1DF #DCEBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#85B8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#85B8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85B8CD

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85B8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85B8CD	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CBEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85b8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.061 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abcddc',
    500: '#85b8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85b8cd;
$custom-light: #abcddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85b8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 41.86,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75413,
    "c": 0.06145,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85B8CD

secondary

#E3D2CB

accent

#5731B5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #85B8CD

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

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