#85BEEB#85BEEB

#85BEEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.088 H 243.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BEEB
RGB	rgb(133, 190, 235)
HSL	hsl(206, 72%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(206, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 19.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -6.90, -28.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 28.99, 256.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.0398 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.088 243)
XYZ	xyz(43.0766, 47.8088, 85.5393)
Luminance	0.4781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BEEB #EBB285

analogous

#85EBE5 #85BEEB #858BEB

triadic

#85BEEB #EB85BE #BEEB85

tetradic

#85BEEB #E585EB #EBB285 #8BEB85

square

#85BEEB #E585EB #EBB285 #8BEB85

split-complementary

#85BEEB #EB858B #EBE585

monochromatic

#2385D3 #50A2E2 #85BEEB #BADAF4 #E5F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#85BEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#85BEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BEEB

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BEEB	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB3EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CC9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85beeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 190, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.088 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#add1f1',
    500: '#85beeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85beeb;
$custom-light: #add1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85beeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.471,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77888,
    "c": 0.08764,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.47812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BEEB

secondary

#F2E4D9

accent

#6712D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F9FD

border

#CFD2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BEEB

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

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