#85BBD9#85BBD9

#85BBD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.071 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BBD9
RGB	rgb(133, 187, 217)
HSL	hsl(201, 53%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(201, 39%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, -10.09, -20.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 22.96, 243.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.0424 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.071 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.9634, 45.5345, 72.3154)
Luminance	0.4554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BBD9 #D9A385

analogous

#85D9CD #85BBD9 #8591D9

triadic

#85BBD9 #D985BB #BBD985

tetradic

#85BBD9 #CD85D9 #D9A385 #91D985

square

#85BBD9 #CD85D9 #D9A385 #91D985

split-complementary

#85BBD9 #D98591 #D9CD85

monochromatic

#3683AE #56A1CA #85BBD9 #B4D5E8 #E2EFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#85BBD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#85BBD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BBD9

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BBD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BBD9	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB9DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B0D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66C3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bbd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 187, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.071 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abcfe4',
    500: '#85bbd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bbd9;
$custom-light: #abcfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bbd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.429,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76522,
    "c": 0.07093,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BBD9

secondary

#E9D9D0

accent

#5D26C0

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BBD9

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

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