#85CAEF#85CAEF

#85CAEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.087 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CAEF
RGB	rgb(133, 202, 239)
HSL	hsl(201, 77%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(201, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, -12.18, -25.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 27.85, 244.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.0526 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.087 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.3679, 53.4563, 89.5194)
Luminance	0.5346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CAEF #EFAA85

analogous

#85EFDF #85CAEF #8595EF

triadic

#85CAEF #EF85CA #CAEF85

tetradic

#85CAEF #DF85EF #EFAA85 #95EF85

square

#85CAEF #DF85EF #EFAA85 #95EF85

split-complementary

#85CAEF #EF8595 #EFDF85

monochromatic

#1D9ADD #4FB2E8 #85CAEF #BBE2F6 #E4F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#85CAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#85CAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CAEF

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CAEF	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BCEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57D4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85caef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 202, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.087 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#addaf4',
    500: '#85caef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85caef;
$custom-light: #addaf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85caef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.943,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80657,
    "c": 0.08702,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CAEF

secondary

#CA794E

accent

#540CD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CAEF

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

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