#85BBDE#85BBDE

#85BBDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.076 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BBDE
RGB	rgb(133, 187, 222)
HSL	hsl(204, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(204, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 15.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -8.78, -23.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 24.70, 249.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.0406 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.076 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6236, 45.7986, 75.7925)
Luminance	0.4580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BBDE #DEA885

analogous

#85DED5 #85BBDE #858FDE

triadic

#85BBDE #DE85BB #BBDE85

tetradic

#85BBDE #D585DE #DEA885 #8FDE85

square

#85BBDE #D585DE #DEA885 #8FDE85

split-complementary

#85BBDE #DE858F #DED585

monochromatic

#3283B7 #55A0D1 #85BBDE #B5D6EB #E5F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#85BBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#85BBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BBDE

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BBDE	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 187, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.076 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#accfe8',
    500: '#85bbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bbde;
$custom-light: #accfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.596,
    "s": 57.419,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76715,
    "c": 0.0756,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BBDE

secondary

#ECDDD3

accent

#6121C5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BBDE

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

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