#85BCDD#85BCDD

#85BCDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.074 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BCDD
RGB	rgb(133, 188, 221)
HSL	hsl(203, 56%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(203, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 14.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, -9.57, -22.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 24.15, 246.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% -0.0422 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.074 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7028, 46.1709, 75.1597)
Luminance	0.4617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BCDD #DDA685

analogous

#85DDD2 #85BCDD #8590DD

triadic

#85BCDD #DD85BC #BCDD85

tetradic

#85BCDD #D285DD #DDA685 #90DD85

square

#85BCDD #D285DD #DDA685 #90DD85

split-complementary

#85BCDD #DD8590 #DDD285

monochromatic

#3284B5 #55A2D0 #85BCDD #B5D6EA #E5F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#85BCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#85BCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BCDD

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BCDD	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBBDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64C5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 188, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.074 235.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76895,
    "c": 0.07434,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BCDD

secondary

#ECDCD2

accent

#5E22C4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BCDD

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

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