#85BDCF#85BDCF

#85BDCF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.063 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BDCF
RGB	rgb(133, 189, 207)
HSL	hsl(195, 44%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(195, 36%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -13.69, -14.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 20.19, 227.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.0487 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.063 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.1292, 45.8844, 65.8141)
Luminance	0.4589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BDCF #CF9785

analogous

#85CFBC #85BDCF #8598CF

triadic

#85BDCF #CF85BD #BDCF85

tetradic

#85BDCF #BC85CF #CF9785 #98CF85

square

#85BDCF #BC85CF #CF9785 #98CF85

split-complementary

#85BDCF #CF8598 #CFBC85

monochromatic

#3D859C #59A5BE #85BDCF #B1D5E0 #DDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#85BDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#85BDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BDCF

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BDCF	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BAD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B1CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AC3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 189, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.063 219.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.595,
    "s": 43.529,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76594,
    "c": 0.06346,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BDCF

secondary

#E4D2CC

accent

#502FB7

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BDCF

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

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