#85BDCC#85BDCC

#85BDCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.062 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BDCC
RGB	rgb(133, 189, 204)
HSL	hsl(193, 41%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(193, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.8%, 7.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.38, -14.44, -13.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.38, 19.67, 222.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0498 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.062 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7659, 45.7391, 63.9009)
Luminance	0.4574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BDCC #CC9485

analogous

#85CCB7 #85BDCC #8599CC

triadic

#85BDCC #CC85BD #BDCC85

tetradic

#85BDCC #B785CC #CC9485 #99CC85

square

#85BDCC #B785CC #CC9485 #99CC85

split-complementary

#85BDCC #CC8599 #CCB785

monochromatic

#3F8597 #5AA6BA #85BDCC #B0D4DE #DBECF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#85BDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#85BDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BDCC

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BDCC	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BC3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 189, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.062 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abd1db',
    500: '#85bdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bdcc;
$custom-light: #abd1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.676,
    "s": 41.04,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76488,
    "c": 0.06183,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BDCC

secondary

#E2D0CB

accent

#4D31B4

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BDCC

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

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