#85C8DF#85C8DF

#85C8DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.075 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85C8DF
RGB	rgb(133, 200, 223)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(195, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 10.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, -15.35, -18.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 23.74, 229.70°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.0561 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.075 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.6418, 51.6199, 77.4617)
Luminance	0.5162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85C8DF #DF9C85

analogous

#85DFC9 #85C8DF #859BDF

triadic

#85C8DF #DF85C8 #C8DF85

tetradic

#85C8DF #C985DF #DF9C85 #9BDF85

square

#85C8DF #C985DF #DF9C85 #9BDF85

split-complementary

#85C8DF #DF859B #DFC985

monochromatic

#3196B9 #55B2D2 #85C8DF #B5DEEC #E6F4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#85C8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#85C8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85C8DF

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85C8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85C8DF	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60D0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85c8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 200, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.075 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acd8e9',
    500: '#85c8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85c8df;
$custom-light: #acd8e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85c8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.333,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79613,
    "c": 0.07504,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85C8DF

secondary

#B66C52

accent

#4A1FC6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101416

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #85C8DF

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

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