#85BDEE#85BDEE

#85BDEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.091 H 245.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BDEE
RGB	rgb(133, 189, 238)
HSL	hsl(208, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(208, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 20.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, -5.54, -30.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 30.53, 259.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.0376 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.091 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2978, 47.5519, 87.7692)
Luminance	0.4755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BDEE #EEB685

analogous

#85EEEB #85BDEE #8588EE

triadic

#85BDEE #EE85BD #BDEE85

tetradic

#85BDEE #EB85EE #EEB685 #88EE85

square

#85BDEE #EB85EE #EEB685 #88EE85

split-complementary

#85BDEE #EE8588 #EEEB85

monochromatic

#1E83DA #4FA0E7 #85BDEE #BBDAF5 #E4F0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#85BDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#85BDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BDEE

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BDEE	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9BDF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AC9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 189, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.091 245.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77796,
    "c": 0.09149,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BDEE

secondary

#F3E5D8

accent

#6C0ED8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F9FD

border

#CFD2D5

text

#111417

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BDEE

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

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