#85C8EF#85C8EF

#85C8EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.088 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85C8EF
RGB	rgb(133, 200, 239)
HSL	hsl(202, 77%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(202, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 16.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, -11.13, -25.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 28.18, 246.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.0503 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.088 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9017, 52.5239, 89.3640)
Luminance	0.5253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85C8EF #EFAC85

analogous

#85EFE1 #85C8EF #8593EF

triadic

#85C8EF #EF85C8 #C8EF85

tetradic

#85C8EF #E185EF #EFAC85 #93EF85

square

#85C8EF #E185EF #EFAC85 #93EF85

split-complementary

#85C8EF #EF8593 #EFE185

monochromatic

#1D96DD #4FB0E8 #85C8EF #BBE0F6 #E4F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#85C8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#85C8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85C8EF

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85C8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85C8EF	1.00	1.83	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BBEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57D2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85c8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 200, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.088 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#add8f4',
    500: '#85c8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85c8ef;
$custom-light: #add8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85c8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.075,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8022,
    "c": 0.08756,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85C8EF

secondary

#CA7C4E

accent

#580CD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #85C8EF

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

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