#85C8EA#85C8EA

#85C8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.083 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85C8EA
RGB	rgb(133, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(200, 71%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(200, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, -12.47, -23.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 26.58, 242.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.0521 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.083 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.1732, 52.2325, 85.5274)
Luminance	0.5224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85C8EA #EAA785

analogous

#85EADA #85C8EA #8596EA

triadic

#85C8EA #EA85C8 #C8EA85

tetradic

#85C8EA #DA85EA #EAA785 #96EA85

square

#85C8EA #DA85EA #EAA785 #96EA85

split-complementary

#85C8EA #EA8596 #EADA85

monochromatic

#2497D1 #51B0E1 #85C8EA #B9E0F3 #E5F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#85C8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#85C8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85C8EA

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85C8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85C8EA	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C6EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AD1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85c8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.083 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#add8f0',
    500: '#85c8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85c8ea;
$custom-light: #add8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85c8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.198,
    "s": 70.629,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80025,
    "c": 0.08316,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85C8EA

secondary

#C47750

accent

#5313D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #85C8EA

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

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