#85BDF0#85BDF0

#85BDF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.094 H 246.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BDF0
RGB	rgb(133, 189, 240)
HSL	hsl(209, 78%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(209, 45%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.6%, 21.2%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, -4.99, -30.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 31.39, 260.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0369 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.094 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.5933, 47.6701, 89.3253)
Luminance	0.4767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BDF0 #F0B885

analogous

#85F0ED #85BDF0 #8587F0

triadic

#85BDF0 #F085BD #BDF085

tetradic

#85BDF0 #ED85F0 #F0B885 #87F085

square

#85BDF0 #ED85F0 #F0B885 #87F085

split-complementary

#85BDF0 #F08587 #F0ED85

monochromatic

#1B82DF #4EA0E9 #85BDF0 #BBDAF7 #E4F0FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#85BDF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#85BDF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BDF0

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BDF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BDF0	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BEF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB3EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59C9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bdf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 189, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.094 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#add0f5',
    500: '#85bdf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bdf0;
$custom-light: #add0f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bdf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.598,
    "s": 78.102,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7788,
    "c": 0.09373,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BDF0

secondary

#F3E5D8

accent

#6E0BDA

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#111417

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BDF0

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

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