#85BBCD#85BBCD

#85BBCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.062 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BBCD
RGB	rgb(133, 187, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(195, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 8.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.85, -13.14, -14.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.85, 19.71, 228.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% -0.0469 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.062 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4590, 44.9328, 64.3922)
Luminance	0.4494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BBCD #CD9785

analogous

#85CDBB #85BBCD #8597CD

triadic

#85BBCD #CD85BB #BBCD85

tetradic

#85BBCD #BB85CD #CD9785 #97CD85

square

#85BBCD #BB85CD #CD9785 #97CD85

split-complementary

#85BBCD #CD8597 #CDBB85

monochromatic

#3F8299 #5AA3BB #85BBCD #B0D3DF #DCEBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#85BBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#85BBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BBCD

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BBCD	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BC1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 187, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.062 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abcfdc',
    500: '#85bbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bbcd;
$custom-light: #abcfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 41.86,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76078,
    "c": 0.06185,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BBCD

secondary

#E3D1CB

accent

#5231B5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BBCD

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

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