#85BBD8#85BBD8

#85BBD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.070 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BBD8
RGB	rgb(133, 187, 216)
HSL	hsl(201, 52%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(201, 38%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 13.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, -10.35, -20.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 22.64, 242.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0428 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.07 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8337, 45.4827, 71.6325)
Luminance	0.4548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BBD8 #D8A285

analogous

#85D8CB #85BBD8 #8591D8

triadic

#85BBD8 #D885BB #BBD885

tetradic

#85BBD8 #CB85D8 #D8A285 #91D885

square

#85BBD8 #CB85D8 #D8A285 #91D885

split-complementary

#85BBD8 #D88591 #D8CB85

monochromatic

#3783AC #57A1C9 #85BBD8 #B3D5E7 #E2EFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#85BBD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#85BBD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BBD8

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BBD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BBD8	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB9DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B0D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bbd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 187, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.070 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abcfe4',
    500: '#85bbd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bbd8;
$custom-light: #abcfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bbd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.964,
    "s": 51.553,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76484,
    "c": 0.07005,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BBD8

secondary

#E9D9D0

accent

#5C27BF

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BBD8

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

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