#85BBEC#85BBEC

#85BBEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.090 H 246.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BBEC
RGB	rgb(133, 187, 236)
HSL	hsl(209, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(209, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 20.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, -5.01, -29.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 30.32, 260.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.0358 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.09 246.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5784, 46.5806, 86.0879)
Luminance	0.4658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BBEC #ECB685

analogous

#85ECEA #85BBEC #8587EC

triadic

#85BBEC #EC85BB #BBEC85

tetradic

#85BBEC #EA85EC #ECB685 #87EC85

square

#85BBEC #EA85EC #ECB685 #87EC85

split-complementary

#85BBEC #EC8587 #ECEA85

monochromatic

#2180D5 #509DE4 #85BBEC #BAD9F4 #E5F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#85BBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#85BBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BBEC

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BBEC	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BCEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CC7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 187, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.090 246.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adcff2',
    500: '#85bbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bbec;
$custom-light: #adcff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.544,
    "s": 73.05,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77282,
    "c": 0.09046,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BBEC

secondary

#F3E5D8

accent

#6E10D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F9FD

border

#CFD2D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BBEC

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

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