#85BCD4#85BCD4

#85BCD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.067 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BCD4
RGB	rgb(133, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(198, 48%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(198, 37%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.35, -11.90, -17.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.35, 21.36, 236.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.0455 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.067 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5358, 45.7041, 69.0131)
Luminance	0.4571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BCD4 #D49D85

analogous

#85D4C5 #85BCD4 #8594D4

triadic

#85BCD4 #D485BC #BCD485

tetradic

#85BCD4 #C585D4 #D49D85 #94D485

square

#85BCD4 #C585D4 #D49D85 #94D485

split-complementary

#85BCD4 #D48594 #D4C585

monochromatic

#3A84A5 #58A3C4 #85BCD4 #B2D5E4 #E0EEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#85BCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#85BCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BCD4

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BCD4	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB9D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B0D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.067 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abd0e1',
    500: '#85bcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bcd4;
$custom-light: #abd0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.228,
    "s": 47.879,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76554,
    "c": 0.06671,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BCD4

secondary

#E7D6CE

accent

#562ABB

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BCD4

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

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