#85BDCE#85BDCE

#85BDCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.063 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BDCE
RGB	rgb(133, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(194, 43%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(194, 35%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.44, -13.94, -14.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.44, 20.01, 225.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.0491 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.063 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0073, 45.8357, 65.1723)
Luminance	0.4584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BDCE #CE9685

analogous

#85CEBB #85BDCE #8599CE

triadic

#85BDCE #CE85BD #BDCE85

tetradic

#85BDCE #BB85CE #CE9685 #99CE85

square

#85BDCE #BB85CE #CE9685 #99CE85

split-complementary

#85BDCE #CE8599 #CEBB85

monochromatic

#3E859B #59A5BC #85BDCE #B1D5E0 #DCECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#85BDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#85BDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BDCE

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BDCE	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AC3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.063 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abd1dd',
    500: '#85bdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bdce;
$custom-light: #abd1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.973,
    "s": 42.69,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76558,
    "c": 0.06289,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BDCE

secondary

#E3D1CC

accent

#4F30B6

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BDCE

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

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