#85BBDD#85BBDD

#85BBDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.075 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BBDD
RGB	rgb(133, 187, 221)
HSL	hsl(203, 56%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(203, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 15.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.38, -9.04, -22.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.38, 24.34, 248.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% -0.041 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.075 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4900, 45.7452, 75.0887)
Luminance	0.4575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BBDD #DDA785

analogous

#85DDD3 #85BBDD #858FDD

triadic

#85BBDD #DD85BB #BBDD85

tetradic

#85BBDD #D385DD #DDA785 #8FDD85

square

#85BBDD #D385DD #DDA785 #8FDD85

split-complementary

#85BBDD #DD858F #DDD385

monochromatic

#3283B5 #55A0D0 #85BBDD #B5D6EA #E5F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#85BBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#85BBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BBDD

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BBDD	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 187, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.075 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#accfe7',
    500: '#85bbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bbdd;
$custom-light: #accfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.182,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76676,
    "c": 0.07463,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BBDD

secondary

#ECDCD2

accent

#6022C4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BBDD

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

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