#85BEE9#85BEE9

#85BEE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.086 H 241.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BEE9
RGB	rgb(133, 190, 233)
HSL	hsl(206, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(206, 43%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 18.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -7.44, -27.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 28.19, 254.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0405 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.086 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.7893, 47.6939, 84.0261)
Luminance	0.4770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BEE9 #E9B085

analogous

#85E9E2 #85BEE9 #858CE9

triadic

#85BEE9 #E985BE #BEE985

tetradic

#85BEE9 #E285E9 #E9B085 #8CE985

square

#85BEE9 #E285E9 #E9B085 #8CE985

split-complementary

#85BEE9 #E9858C #E9E285

monochromatic

#2586CE #51A2E0 #85BEE9 #B9DAF2 #E5F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#85BEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#85BEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BEE9

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BEE9	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBEEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB3E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DC9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 190, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.086 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acd1f0',
    500: '#85bee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bee9;
$custom-light: #acd1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.8,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77807,
    "c": 0.08552,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BEE9

secondary

#F2E3D8

accent

#6514D1

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F9FD

border

#CFD2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BEE9

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

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