#85CAEC#85CAEC

#85CAEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.084 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CAEC
RGB	rgb(133, 202, 236)
HSL	hsl(200, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(200, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 14.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.04, -12.99, -23.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.04, 26.93, 241.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.0537 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.084 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.9284, 53.2805, 87.2046)
Luminance	0.5328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CAEC #ECA785

analogous

#85ECDB #85CAEC #8596EC

triadic

#85CAEC #EC85CA #CAEC85

tetradic

#85CAEC #DB85EC #ECA785 #96EC85

square

#85CAEC #DB85EC #ECA785 #96EC85

split-complementary

#85CAEC #EC8596 #ECDB85

monochromatic

#219AD5 #50B3E4 #85CAEC #BAE1F4 #E5F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#85CAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#85CAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CAEC

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CAEC	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABCEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59D4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85caec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 202, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.084 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#addaf2',
    500: '#85caec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85caec;
$custom-light: #addaf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85caec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.806,
    "s": 73.05,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8054,
    "c": 0.08448,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CAEC

secondary

#C6764F

accent

#5110D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#111416

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CAEC

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

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