#85BCCE#85BCCE

#85BCCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.063 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BCCE
RGB	rgb(133, 188, 206)
HSL	hsl(195, 43%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(195, 35%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 8.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, -13.42, -14.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 19.95, 227.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% -0.0478 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.063 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7929, 45.4070, 65.1009)
Luminance	0.4541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BCCE #CE9785

analogous

#85CEBC #85BCCE #8598CE

triadic

#85BCCE #CE85BC #BCCE85

tetradic

#85BCCE #BC85CE #CE9785 #98CE85

square

#85BCCE #BC85CE #CE9785 #98CE85

split-complementary

#85BCCE #CE8598 #CEBC85

monochromatic

#3E849B #59A4BC #85BCCE #B1D4E0 #DCECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#85BCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#85BCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BCCE

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BCCE	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AC2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 188, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.063 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abd0dd',
    500: '#85bcce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bcce;
$custom-light: #abd0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.795,
    "s": 42.69,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76336,
    "c": 0.06265,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BCCE

secondary

#E3D1CC

accent

#5130B6

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BCCE

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

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