#85BCD2#85BCD2

#85BCD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.065 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BCD2
RGB	rgb(133, 188, 210)
HSL	hsl(197, 46%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(197, 37%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 10.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.29, -12.41, -16.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.29, 20.85, 233.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0463 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.065 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.2850, 45.6038, 67.6927)
Luminance	0.4561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BCD2 #D29B85

analogous

#85D2C2 #85BCD2 #8596D2

triadic

#85BCD2 #D285BC #BCD285

tetradic

#85BCD2 #C285D2 #D29B85 #96D285

square

#85BCD2 #C285D2 #D29B85 #96D285

split-complementary

#85BCD2 #D28596 #D2C285

monochromatic

#3B84A1 #58A3C2 #85BCD2 #B2D5E2 #DEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#85BCD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#85BCD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BCD2

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BCD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BCD2	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B9D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B0D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bcd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 188, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.065 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abd0df',
    500: '#85bcd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bcd2;
$custom-light: #abd0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bcd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 46.108,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76481,
    "c": 0.06526,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BCD2

secondary

#E6D4CD

accent

#552CB9

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BCD2

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

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