#85BBEF#85BBEF

#85BBEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.094 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BBEF
RGB	rgb(133, 187, 239)
HSL	hsl(209, 77%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(209, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 21.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.03, -4.19, -31.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.03, 31.63, 262.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0349 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.094 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.0179, 46.7564, 88.4027)
Luminance	0.4676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BBEF #EFB985

analogous

#85EFEE #85BBEF #8586EF

triadic

#85BBEF #EF85BB #BBEF85

tetradic

#85BBEF #EE85EF #EFB985 #86EF85

square

#85BBEF #EE85EF #EFB985 #86EF85

split-complementary

#85BBEF #EF8586 #EFEE85

monochromatic

#1D7FDD #4F9DE8 #85BBEF #BBD9F6 #E4F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#85BBEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#85BBEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BBEF

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BBEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BBEF	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6BCF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B1EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AC7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bbef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 187, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.094 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adcff4',
    500: '#85bbef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bbef;
$custom-light: #adcff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bbef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.434,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77409,
    "c": 0.09389,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BBEF

secondary

#F3E5D8

accent

#710CD9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F9FD

border

#CFD2D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BBEF

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

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