#85BAEE#85BAEE

#85BAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.093 H 248.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BAEE
RGB	rgb(133, 186, 238)
HSL	hsl(210, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(210, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 21.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -3.92, -31.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 31.53, 262.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% -0.034 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.093 248.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.6592, 46.2746, 87.5564)
Luminance	0.4628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BAEE #EEB985

analogous

#85EEED #85BAEE #8585EE

triadic

#85BAEE #EE85BA #BAEE85

tetradic

#85BAEE #ED85EE #EEB985 #85EE85

square

#85BAEE #ED85EE #EEB985 #85EE85

split-complementary

#85BAEE #EE8585 #EEED85

monochromatic

#1E7DDA #4F9CE7 #85BAEE #BBD8F5 #E4F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#85BAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#85BAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BAEE

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BAEE	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BBF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BC6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85baee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 186, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.093 248.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adcef3',
    500: '#85baee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85baee;
$custom-light: #adcef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85baee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.714,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77152,
    "c": 0.09341,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BAEE

secondary

#F3E5D8

accent

#720ED8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F9FD

border

#CFD2D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BAEE

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

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