#85BCED#85BCED

#85BCED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.091 H 246.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BCED
RGB	rgb(133, 188, 237)
HSL	hsl(208, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(208, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.23, -5.28, -29.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.23, 30.43, 260.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.0367 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.091 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9370, 47.0646, 86.9262)
Luminance	0.4707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BCED #EDB685

analogous

#85EDEA #85BCED #8588ED

triadic

#85BCED #ED85BC #BCED85

tetradic

#85BCED #EA85ED #EDB685 #88ED85

square

#85BCED #EA85ED #EDB685 #88ED85

split-complementary

#85BCED #ED8588 #EDEA85

monochromatic

#2081D8 #509FE5 #85BCED #BAD9F5 #E4F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#85BCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#85BCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BCED

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BCED	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BDEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BC8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 188, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.091 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#add0f3',
    500: '#85bced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bced;
$custom-light: #add0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.269,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77539,
    "c": 0.09097,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BCED

secondary

#F3E5D8

accent

#6D0FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F9FD

border

#CFD2D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BCED

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

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