#85BED8#85BED8

#85BED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.070 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BED8
RGB	rgb(133, 190, 216)
HSL	hsl(199, 52%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(199, 38%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 12%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, -11.93, -18.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 22.33, 237.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.0465 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.07 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4768, 46.7689, 71.8469)
Luminance	0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BED8 #D89F85

analogous

#85D8C8 #85BED8 #8594D8

triadic

#85BED8 #D885BE #BED885

tetradic

#85BED8 #C885D8 #D89F85 #94D885

square

#85BED8 #C885D8 #D89F85 #94D885

split-complementary

#85BED8 #D88594 #D8C885

monochromatic

#3787AC #57A5C9 #85BED8 #B3D7E7 #E2EFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#85BED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#85BED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BED8

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BED8	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BBD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 190, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.070 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abd1e4',
    500: '#85bed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bed8;
$custom-light: #abd1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.795,
    "s": 51.553,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77144,
    "c": 0.06972,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BED8

secondary

#E9D8D0

accent

#5627BF

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#101415

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BED8

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

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