#85C8E7#85C8E7

#85C8E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.081 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85C8E7
RGB	rgb(133, 200, 231)
HSL	hsl(199, 67%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(199, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 13.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.32, -13.27, -22.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.32, 25.70, 238.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.0532 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.081 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.7459, 52.0616, 83.2768)
Luminance	0.5206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85C8E7 #E7A485

analogous

#85E7D5 #85C8E7 #8597E7

triadic

#85C8E7 #E785C8 #C8E785

tetradic

#85C8E7 #D585E7 #E7A485 #97E785

square

#85C8E7 #D585E7 #E7A485 #97E785

split-complementary

#85C8E7 #E78597 #E7D585

monochromatic

#2897CA #52B1DD #85C8E7 #B8DFF1 #E5F3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#85C8E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#85C8E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85C8E7

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85C8E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85C8E7	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C5E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABAE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CD1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85c8e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 200, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.081 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#add8ee',
    500: '#85c8e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85c8e7;
$custom-light: #add8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85c8e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.98,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79911,
    "c": 0.08072,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85C8E7

secondary

#C07450

accent

#5116CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #85C8E7

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

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