#85BCDB#85BCDB

#85BCDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.073 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BCDB
RGB	rgb(133, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(202, 54%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(202, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, -10.10, -21.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 23.48, 244.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.043 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.073 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4380, 46.0650, 73.7647)
Luminance	0.4607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BCDB #DBA485

analogous

#85DBCF #85BCDB #8591DB

triadic

#85BCDB #DB85BC #BCDB85

tetradic

#85BCDB #CF85DB #DBA485 #91DB85

square

#85BCDB #CF85DB #DBA485 #91DB85

split-complementary

#85BCDB #DB8591 #DBCF85

monochromatic

#3484B1 #56A2CD #85BCDB #B4D6E9 #E4F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#85BCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#85BCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BCDB

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BCDB	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.073 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acd0e6',
    500: '#85bcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bcdb;
$custom-light: #acd0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.628,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76818,
    "c": 0.07251,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BCDB

secondary

#EBDAD1

accent

#5D24C2

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BCDB

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

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