#85BDCD#85BDCD

#85BDCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.062 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BDCD
RGB	rgb(133, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(193, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -14.19, -13.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 19.83, 224.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.0495 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.062 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.8862, 45.7873, 64.5346)
Luminance	0.4579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BDCD #CD9585

analogous

#85CDB9 #85BDCD #8599CD

triadic

#85BDCD #CD85BD #BDCD85

tetradic

#85BDCD #B985CD #CD9585 #99CD85

square

#85BDCD #B985CD #CD9585 #99CD85

split-complementary

#85BDCD #CD8599 #CDB985

monochromatic

#3F8599 #5AA6BB #85BDCD #B0D4DF #DCECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#85BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#85BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BDCD

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BDCD	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6BC3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.062 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abd1dc',
    500: '#85bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bdcd;
$custom-light: #abd1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 41.86,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76523,
    "c": 0.06235,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BDCD

secondary

#E3D0CB

accent

#4E31B5

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BDCD

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

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