#85BBCB#85BBCB

#85BBCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.061 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BBCB
RGB	rgb(133, 187, 203)
HSL	hsl(194, 40%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(194, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 7.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -13.64, -13.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 19.33, 225.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.0477 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.061 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2191, 44.8368, 63.1289)
Luminance	0.4484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BBCB #CB9585

analogous

#85CBB8 #85BBCB #8598CB

triadic

#85BBCB #CB85BB #BBCB85

tetradic

#85BBCB #B885CB #CB9585 #98CB85

square

#85BBCB #B885CB #CB9585 #98CB85

split-complementary

#85BBCB #CB8598 #CBB885

monochromatic

#408296 #5AA3B9 #85BBCB #B0D3DD #DBEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#85BBCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#85BBCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BBCB

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BBCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BBCB	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CC1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bbcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 187, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.061 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abcfda',
    500: '#85bbcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bbcb;
$custom-light: #abcfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bbcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.714,
    "s": 40.23,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76007,
    "c": 0.0607,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BBCB

secondary

#E1D0CA

accent

#5032B3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#101314

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BBCB

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

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