#85BECE#85BECE

#85BECE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.063 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BECE
RGB	rgb(133, 190, 206)
HSL	hsl(193, 43%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(193, 35%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -14.47, -13.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 20.08, 223.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.0503 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.063 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.2231, 46.2674, 65.2443)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BECE #CE9585

analogous

#85CEBA #85BECE #859ACE

triadic

#85BECE #CE85BE #BECE85

tetradic

#85BECE #BA85CE #CE9585 #9ACE85

square

#85BECE #BA85CE #CE9585 #9ACE85

split-complementary

#85BECE #CE859A #CEBA85

monochromatic

#3E869B #59A7BC #85BECE #B1D5E0 #DCEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#85BECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#85BECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BECE

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BECE	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AC4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 190, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.063 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abd1dd',
    500: '#85bece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bece;
$custom-light: #abd1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.151,
    "s": 42.69,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76781,
    "c": 0.06316,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BECE

secondary

#E3D1CC

accent

#4D30B6

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BECE

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

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