#85BDCA#85BDCA

#85BDCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.061 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BDCA
RGB	rgb(133, 189, 202)
HSL	hsl(191, 39%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(191, 34%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, -14.93, -12.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 19.38, 219.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.0506 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.061 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5275, 45.6438, 62.6457)
Luminance	0.4565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BDCA #CA9285

analogous

#85CAB4 #85BDCA #859ACA

triadic

#85BDCA #CA85BD #BDCA85

tetradic

#85BDCA #B485CA #CA9285 #9ACA85

square

#85BDCA #B485CA #CA9285 #9ACA85

split-complementary

#85BDCA #CA859A #CAB485

monochromatic

#408494 #5AA6B7 #85BDCA #B0D4DD #DAEBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#85BDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#85BDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BDCA

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BDCA	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B9CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CC2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 189, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.061 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abd1da',
    500: '#85bdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bdca;
$custom-light: #abd1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.304,
    "s": 39.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76418,
    "c": 0.0609,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BDCA

secondary

#E1CECA

accent

#4B33B2

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#101414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BDCA

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

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