#85BDD0#85BDD0

#85BDD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.064 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BDD0
RGB	rgb(133, 189, 208)
HSL	hsl(195, 44%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(195, 36%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 9.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.50, -13.44, -15.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.50, 20.40, 228.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.0483 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.064 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2518, 45.9335, 66.4600)
Luminance	0.4594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BDD0 #D09885

analogous

#85D0BE #85BDD0 #8598D0

triadic

#85BDD0 #D085BD #BDD085

tetradic

#85BDD0 #BE85D0 #D09885 #98D085

square

#85BDD0 #BE85D0 #D09885 #98D085

split-complementary

#85BDD0 #D08598 #D0BE85

monochromatic

#3D859E #59A5BF #85BDD0 #B1D5E1 #DDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#85BDD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#85BDD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BDD0

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BDD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BDD0	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BAD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B1D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bdd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 189, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.064 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abd1de',
    500: '#85bdd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bdd0;
$custom-light: #abd1de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bdd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.2,
    "s": 44.379,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7663,
    "c": 0.06406,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BDD0

secondary

#E4D2CC

accent

#512EB8

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BDD0

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

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