#85BFDE#85BFDE

#85BFDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.075 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BFDE
RGB	rgb(133, 191, 222)
HSL	hsl(201, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(201, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 14%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.52, -10.90, -21.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.52, 24.02, 243.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.0456 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.075 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4840, 47.5195, 76.0793)
Luminance	0.4752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BFDE #DEA485

analogous

#85DED1 #85BFDE #8593DE

triadic

#85BFDE #DE85BF #BFDE85

tetradic

#85BFDE #D185DE #DEA485 #93DE85

square

#85BFDE #D185DE #DEA485 #93DE85

split-complementary

#85BFDE #DE8593 #DED185

monochromatic

#3289B7 #55A6D1 #85BFDE #B5D8EB #E5F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#85BFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#85BFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BFDE

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BFDE	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BDE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B3DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63C8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bfde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 191, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.075 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acd2e8',
    500: '#85bfde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bfde;
$custom-light: #acd2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bfde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.899,
    "s": 57.419,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77591,
    "c": 0.07455,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BFDE

secondary

#ECDCD3

accent

#5A21C5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F9FC

border

#CED2D5

text

#101416

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BFDE

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

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