#85BEE6#85BEE6

#85BEE6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.082 H 239.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BEE6
RGB	rgb(133, 190, 230)
HSL	hsl(205, 66%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(205, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.2%, 17.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.52, -8.25, -25.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.52, 27.02, 252.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% -0.0415 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.082 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3644, 47.5239, 81.7883)
Luminance	0.4753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BEE6 #E6AD85

analogous

#85E6DD #85BEE6 #858DE6

triadic

#85BEE6 #E685BE #BEE685

tetradic

#85BEE6 #DD85E6 #E6AD85 #8DE685

square

#85BEE6 #DD85E6 #E6AD85 #8DE685

split-complementary

#85BEE6 #E6858D #E6DD85

monochromatic

#2986C8 #52A3DC #85BEE6 #B8D9F0 #E6F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#85BEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#85BEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BEE6

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BEE6	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)

#ADBDE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FC8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 190, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.082 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acd1ee',
    500: '#85bee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bee6;
$custom-light: #acd1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.742,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77686,
    "c": 0.08242,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BEE6

secondary

#F0E1D7

accent

#6318CE

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F9FD

border

#CFD2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BEE6

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

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