#85BDED#85BDED

#85BDED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.090 H 245.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BDED
RGB	rgb(133, 189, 237)
HSL	hsl(208, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(208, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 20.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, -5.82, -29.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 30.11, 258.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% -0.0379 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.09 245.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.1513, 47.4933, 86.9976)
Luminance	0.4750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BDED #EDB585

analogous

#85EDE9 #85BDED #8589ED

triadic

#85BDED #ED85BD #BDED85

tetradic

#85BDED #E985ED #EDB585 #89ED85

square

#85BDED #E985ED #EDB585 #89ED85

split-complementary

#85BDED #ED8589 #EDE985

monochromatic

#2083D8 #50A0E5 #85BDED #BADAF5 #E4F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#85BDED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#85BDED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BDED

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BDED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BDED	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BDEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5BC8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 189, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.090 245.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#add0f3',
    500: '#85bded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bded;
$custom-light: #add0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.692,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77755,
    "c": 0.09037,
    "h": 245.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BDED

secondary

#F3E4D8

accent

#6B0FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F9FD

border

#CFD2D5

text

#111417

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BDED

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

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