#85C3EC#85C3EC

#85C3EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.086 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85C3EC
RGB	rgb(133, 195, 236)
HSL	hsl(204, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(204, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 17.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, -9.30, -26.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 28.12, 250.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% -0.0454 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.086 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.3231, 50.0699, 86.6695)
Luminance	0.5007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85C3EC #ECAE85

analogous

#85ECE1 #85C3EC #8590EC

triadic

#85C3EC #EC85C3 #C3EC85

tetradic

#85C3EC #E185EC #ECAE85 #90EC85

square

#85C3EC #E185EC #ECAE85 #90EC85

split-complementary

#85C3EC #EC8590 #ECE185

monochromatic

#218ED5 #50A9E4 #85C3EC #BADDF4 #E5F2FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#85C3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#85C3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85C3EC

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85C3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85C3EC	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B7EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5ACDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85c3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 195, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.086 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#add5f2',
    500: '#85c3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85c3ec;
$custom-light: #add5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85c3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.883,
    "s": 73.05,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79013,
    "c": 0.0864,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85C3EC

secondary

#C67E4F

accent

#5F10D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #85C3EC

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

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