#85BAEC#85BAEC

#85BAEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.091 H 247.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BAEC
RGB	rgb(133, 186, 236)
HSL	hsl(209, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(209, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 21.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -4.47, -30.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 30.65, 261.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.0346 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.091 247.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.3670, 46.1578, 86.0175)
Luminance	0.4616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BAEC #ECB785

analogous

#85ECEA #85BAEC #8587EC

triadic

#85BAEC #EC85BA #BAEC85

tetradic

#85BAEC #EA85EC #ECB785 #87EC85

square

#85BAEC #EA85EC #ECB785 #87EC85

split-complementary

#85BAEC #EC8587 #ECEA85

monochromatic

#217ED5 #509CE4 #85BAEC #BAD8F4 #E5F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#85BAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#85BAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BAEC

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BAEC	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BBEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CC6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85baec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 186, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.091 247.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adcef2',
    500: '#85baec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85baec;
$custom-light: #adcef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85baec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.126,
    "s": 73.05,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77067,
    "c": 0.09109,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BAEC

secondary

#F3E5D8

accent

#7010D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F9FD

border

#CFD2D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BAEC

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

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