#85BCD7#85BCD7

#85BCD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.069 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BCD7
RGB	rgb(133, 188, 215)
HSL	hsl(200, 51%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(200, 38%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 12.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, -11.13, -19.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 22.22, 239.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.0444 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.069 230)
XYZ	xyz(39.9177, 45.8569, 71.0247)
Luminance	0.4586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BCD7 #D7A085

analogous

#85D7C9 #85BCD7 #8593D7

triadic

#85BCD7 #D785BC #BCD785

tetradic

#85BCD7 #C985D7 #D7A085 #93D785

square

#85BCD7 #C985D7 #D7A085 #93D785

split-complementary

#85BCD7 #D78593 #D7C985

monochromatic

#3884AA #57A3C8 #85BCD7 #B3D5E6 #E1EFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#85BCD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#85BCD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BCD7

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BCD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BCD7	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBAD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B0D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bcd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 188, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.069 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abd0e3',
    500: '#85bcd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bcd7;
$custom-light: #abd0e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bcd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.756,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76666,
    "c": 0.06907,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.45859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BCD7

secondary

#E8D8CF

accent

#5928BE

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BCD7

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

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