#85BCDF#85BCDF

#85BCDF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.076 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BCDF
RGB	rgb(133, 188, 223)
HSL	hsl(203, 58%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(203, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 15.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, -9.05, -23.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 24.86, 248.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0415 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.076 237)
XYZ	xyz(40.9709, 46.2782, 76.5714)
Luminance	0.4628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BCDF #DFA885

analogous

#85DFD5 #85BCDF #858FDF

triadic

#85BCDF #DF85BC #BCDF85

tetradic

#85BCDF #D585DF #DFA885 #8FDF85

square

#85BCDF #D585DF #DFA885 #8FDF85

split-complementary

#85BCDF #DF858F #DFD585

monochromatic

#3184B9 #55A1D2 #85BCDF #B5D7EC #E6F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#85BCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#85BCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BCDF

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BCDF	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBBE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B1DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63C5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 188, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.076 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acd0e9',
    500: '#85bcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bcdf;
$custom-light: #acd0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.333,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76973,
    "c": 0.07623,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.46281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BCDF

secondary

#EDDDD3

accent

#601FC6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BCDF

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

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