#85BCDC#85BCDC

#85BCDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.073 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BCDC
RGB	rgb(133, 188, 220)
HSL	hsl(202, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(202, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, -9.84, -21.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 23.81, 245.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.0426 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.073 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5700, 46.1178, 74.4601)
Luminance	0.4612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BCDC #DCA585

analogous

#85DCD1 #85BCDC #8591DC

triadic

#85BCDC #DC85BC #BCDC85

tetradic

#85BCDC #D185DC #DCA585 #91DC85

square

#85BCDC #D185DC #DCA585 #91DC85

split-complementary

#85BCDC #DC8591 #DCD185

monochromatic

#3384B3 #55A2CE #85BCDC #B5D6EA #E4F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#85BCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#85BCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BCDC

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BCDC	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 188, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.073 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acd0e7',
    500: '#85bcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bcdc;
$custom-light: #acd0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.069,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76857,
    "c": 0.07341,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BCDC

secondary

#EBDBD2

accent

#5E23C3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BCDC

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

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