#85BAEB#85BAEB

#85BAEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.090 H 247.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BAEB
RGB	rgb(133, 186, 235)
HSL	hsl(209, 72%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(209, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 20.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.61, -4.74, -29.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.61, 30.21, 260.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.035 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.09 247.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2221, 46.0998, 85.2545)
Luminance	0.4610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BAEB #EBB685

analogous

#85EBE9 #85BAEB #8587EB

triadic

#85BAEB #EB85BA #BAEB85

tetradic

#85BAEB #E985EB #EBB685 #87EB85

square

#85BAEB #E985EB #EBB685 #87EB85

split-complementary

#85BAEB #EB8587 #EBE985

monochromatic

#237ED3 #509CE2 #85BAEB #BAD8F4 #E5F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#85BAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#85BAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BAEB

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BAEB	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BBED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DC5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85baeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 186, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.090 247.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adcef1',
    500: '#85baeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85baeb;
$custom-light: #adcef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85baeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.824,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77025,
    "c": 0.08994,
    "h": 247.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BAEB

secondary

#F2E5D9

accent

#6F12D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F9FD

border

#CFD2D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BAEB

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

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