#85BDCB#85BDCB

#85BDCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.061 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BDCB
RGB	rgb(133, 189, 203)
HSL	hsl(192, 40%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(192, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, -14.69, -12.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 19.52, 221.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% -0.0503 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.061 215)
XYZ	xyz(38.6463, 45.6913, 63.2713)
Luminance	0.4569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BDCB #CB9385

analogous

#85CBB6 #85BDCB #859ACB

triadic

#85BDCB #CB85BD #BDCB85

tetradic

#85BDCB #B685CB #CB9385 #9ACB85

square

#85BDCB #B685CB #CB9385 #9ACB85

split-complementary

#85BDCB #CB859A #CBB685

monochromatic

#408596 #5AA6B9 #85BDCB #B0D4DD #DBEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#85BDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#85BDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BDCB

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BDCB	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B9CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CC3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 189, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.061 215.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 40.23,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76452,
    "c": 0.06135,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.45694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BDCB

secondary

#E1CFCA

accent

#4C32B3

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#101414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BDCB

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

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