#85CAF0#85CAF0

#85CAF0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.088 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CAF0
RGB	rgb(133, 202, 240)
HSL	hsl(201, 78%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(201, 45%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.6%, 15.8%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, -11.92, -25.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 28.17, 244.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% -0.0523 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.088 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.5160, 53.5156, 90.2996)
Luminance	0.5352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CAF0 #F0AB85

analogous

#85F0E0 #85CAF0 #8594F0

triadic

#85CAF0 #F085CA #CAF085

tetradic

#85CAF0 #E085F0 #F0AB85 #94F085

square

#85CAF0 #E085F0 #F0AB85 #94F085

split-complementary

#85CAF0 #F08594 #F0E085

monochromatic

#1B9ADF #4EB2E9 #85CAF0 #BBE2F7 #E4F3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#85CAF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#85CAF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CAF0

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CAF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CAF0	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C8F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BCEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56D4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85caf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 202, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.088 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#addaf5',
    500: '#85caf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85caf0;
$custom-light: #addaf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85caf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.308,
    "s": 78.102,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80696,
    "c": 0.08791,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CAF0

secondary

#CB7A4E

accent

#550BDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CAF0

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

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