#85BCD8#85BCD8

#85BCD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.070 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BCD8
RGB	rgb(133, 188, 216)
HSL	hsl(200, 52%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(200, 38%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 13%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, -10.88, -19.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 22.52, 241.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% -0.0441 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.07 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0466, 45.9084, 71.7035)
Luminance	0.4591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BCD8 #D8A185

analogous

#85D8CA #85BCD8 #8592D8

triadic

#85BCD8 #D885BC #BCD885

tetradic

#85BCD8 #CA85D8 #D8A185 #92D885

square

#85BCD8 #CA85D8 #D8A185 #92D885

split-complementary

#85BCD8 #D88592 #D8CA85

monochromatic

#3784AC #57A3C9 #85BCD8 #B3D5E7 #E2EFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#85BCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#85BCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BCD8

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BCD8	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBAD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B0D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 188, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.070 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abd0e4',
    500: '#85bcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bcd8;
$custom-light: #abd0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.241,
    "s": 51.553,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76704,
    "c": 0.0699,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BCD8

secondary

#E9D8D0

accent

#5A27BF

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BCD8

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

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