#85BDEC#85BDEC

#85BDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.089 H 244.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BDEC
RGB	rgb(133, 189, 236)
HSL	hsl(207, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(207, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 19.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, -6.09, -29.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 29.69, 258.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% -0.0382 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.089 244.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.0056, 47.4350, 86.2303)
Luminance	0.4744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BDEC #ECB485

analogous

#85ECE8 #85BDEC #8589EC

triadic

#85BDEC #EC85BD #BDEC85

tetradic

#85BDEC #E885EC #ECB485 #89EC85

square

#85BDEC #E885EC #ECB485 #89EC85

split-complementary

#85BDEC #EC8589 #ECE885

monochromatic

#2183D5 #50A0E4 #85BDEC #BADAF4 #E5F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#85BDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#85BDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BDEC

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BDEC	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABDEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BC8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 189, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.089 244.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#add0f2',
    500: '#85bdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bdec;
$custom-light: #add0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.379,
    "s": 73.05,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77713,
    "c": 0.08927,
    "h": 244.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BDEC

secondary

#F3E4D8

accent

#6A10D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F9FD

border

#CFD2D5

text

#111417

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BDEC

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

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