#85BCDE#85BCDE

#85BCDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.075 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BCDE
RGB	rgb(133, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(203, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(203, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, -9.31, -22.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 24.50, 247.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.0419 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.075 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8365, 46.2244, 75.8635)
Luminance	0.4623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BCDE #DEA785

analogous

#85DED3 #85BCDE #8590DE

triadic

#85BCDE #DE85BC #BCDE85

tetradic

#85BCDE #D385DE #DEA785 #90DE85

square

#85BCDE #D385DE #DEA785 #90DE85

split-complementary

#85BCDE #DE8590 #DED385

monochromatic

#3284B7 #55A2D1 #85BCDE #B5D6EB #E5F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#85BCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#85BCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BCDE

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BCDE	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBBE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63C5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.075 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acd0e8',
    500: '#85bcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bcde;
$custom-light: #acd0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.921,
    "s": 57.419,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76934,
    "c": 0.07528,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BCDE

secondary

#ECDCD3

accent

#5F21C5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BCDE

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

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