#85CAEB#85CAEB

#85CAEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.084 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CAEB
RGB	rgb(133, 202, 235)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(199, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 14%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.01, -13.25, -23.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.01, 26.64, 240.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.5% -0.0541 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(80.5% 0.084 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.7835, 53.2226, 86.4416)
Luminance	0.5323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CAEB #EBA685

analogous

#85EBD9 #85CAEB #8597EB

triadic

#85CAEB #EB85CA #CAEB85

tetradic

#85CAEB #D985EB #EBA685 #97EB85

square

#85CAEB #D985EB #EBA685 #97EB85

split-complementary

#85CAEB #EB8597 #EBD985

monochromatic

#239AD3 #50B3E2 #85CAEB #BAE1F4 #E5F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#85CAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#85CAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CAEB

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CAEB	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBCEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59D3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85caeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 202, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.084 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#addaf1',
    500: '#85caeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85caeb;
$custom-light: #addaf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85caeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.412,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80502,
    "c": 0.08367,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CAEB

secondary

#C5754F

accent

#5012D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CAEB

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

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