#85CAEE#85CAEE

#85CAEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.086 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CAEE
RGB	rgb(133, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(201, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(201, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.11, -12.45, -24.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.11, 27.54, 243.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.053 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.086 232)
XYZ	xyz(46.2206, 53.3974, 88.7435)
Luminance	0.5340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CAEE #EEA985

analogous

#85EEDD #85CAEE #8596EE

triadic

#85CAEE #EE85CA #CAEE85

tetradic

#85CAEE #DD85EE #EEA985 #96EE85

square

#85CAEE #DD85EE #EEA985 #96EE85

split-complementary

#85CAEE #EE8596 #EEDD85

monochromatic

#1E9ADA #4FB3E7 #85CAEE #BBE1F5 #E4F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#85CAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#85CAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CAEE

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CAEE	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABCEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57D4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85caee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.086 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#addaf3',
    500: '#85caee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85caee;
$custom-light: #addaf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85caee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.571,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80618,
    "c": 0.08617,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.53401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CAEE

secondary

#C9784F

accent

#530ED8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CAEE

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

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