#85BBEE#85BBEE

#85BBEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.093 H 247.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BBEE
RGB	rgb(133, 187, 238)
HSL	hsl(209, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(209, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 21.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.00, -4.46, -30.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.00, 31.19, 261.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% -0.0352 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.093 247.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.8706, 46.6974, 87.6268)
Luminance	0.4670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BBEE #EEB885

analogous

#85EEED #85BBEE #8586EE

triadic

#85BBEE #EE85BB #BBEE85

tetradic

#85BBEE #ED85EE #EEB885 #86EE85

square

#85BBEE #ED85EE #EEB885 #86EE85

split-complementary

#85BBEE #EE8586 #EEED85

monochromatic

#1E7FDA #4F9DE7 #85BBEE #BBD9F5 #E4F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#85BBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#85BBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BBEE

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BBEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BBEE	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BCF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B1ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BC7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bbee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 187, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.093 247.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adcff3',
    500: '#85bbee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bbee;
$custom-light: #adcff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bbee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.143,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77366,
    "c": 0.09274,
    "h": 247.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BBEE

secondary

#F3E5D8

accent

#700ED8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F9FD

border

#CFD2D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BBEE

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

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