#85B8D9#85B8D9

#85B8D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.072 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85B8D9
RGB	rgb(133, 184, 217)
HSL	hsl(204, 53%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(204, 39%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 15.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -8.48, -21.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 23.48, 248.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0387 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.072 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3336, 44.2750, 72.1055)
Luminance	0.4428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85B8D9 #D9A685

analogous

#85D9D0 #85B8D9 #858ED9

triadic

#85B8D9 #D985B8 #B8D985

tetradic

#85B8D9 #D085D9 #D9A685 #8ED985

square

#85B8D9 #D085D9 #D9A685 #8ED985

split-complementary

#85B8D9 #D9858E #D9D085

monochromatic

#367FAE #569DCA #85B8D9 #B4D3E8 #E2EEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#85B8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#85B8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85B8D9

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85B8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85B8D9	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B7DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85b8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 184, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.072 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abcde4',
    500: '#85b8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85b8d9;
$custom-light: #abcde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85b8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.571,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75865,
    "c": 0.07172,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85B8D9

secondary

#E9DAD0

accent

#6226C0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #85B8D9

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

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