#85BCCD#85BCCD

#85BCCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.062 H 219.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BCCD
RGB	rgb(133, 188, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(194, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, -13.67, -14.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 19.76, 226.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% -0.0482 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.062 219)
XYZ	xyz(38.6718, 45.3585, 64.4631)
Luminance	0.4536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BCCD #CD9685

analogous

#85CDBA #85BCCD #8598CD

triadic

#85BCCD #CD85BC #BCCD85

tetradic

#85BCCD #BA85CD #CD9685 #98CD85

square

#85BCCD #BA85CD #CD9685 #98CD85

split-complementary

#85BCCD #CD8598 #CDBA85

monochromatic

#3F8499 #5AA4BB #85BCCD #B0D4DF #DCECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#85BCCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#85BCCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BCCD

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BCCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BCCD	1.00	2.08	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BC2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 188, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.062 219.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abd0dc',
    500: '#85bccd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bccd;
$custom-light: #abd0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.167,
    "s": 41.86,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.763,
    "c": 0.06207,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.45361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BCCD

secondary

#E3D1CB

accent

#5031B5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BCCD

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

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