#85BEE5#85BEE5

#85BEE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.081 H 239.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BEE5
RGB	rgb(133, 190, 229)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(204, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 17%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, -8.52, -25.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 26.64, 251.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.0418 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.081 239.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2244, 47.4679, 81.0508)
Luminance	0.4747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BEE5 #E5AC85

analogous

#85E5DC #85BEE5 #858EE5

triadic

#85BEE5 #E585BE #BEE585

tetradic

#85BEE5 #DC85E5 #E5AC85 #8EE585

square

#85BEE5 #DC85E5 #E5AC85 #8EE585

split-complementary

#85BEE5 #E5858E #E5DC85

monochromatic

#2A86C6 #53A3DA #85BEE5 #B7D9F0 #E6F2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#85BEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#85BEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BEE5

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BEE5	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBDE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FC8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 190, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.081 239.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acd1ed',
    500: '#85bee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bee5;
$custom-light: #acd1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.375,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77646,
    "c": 0.08141,
    "h": 239.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BEE5

secondary

#F0E1D6

accent

#6219CD

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FD

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BEE5

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

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