#85CBDA#85CBDA

#85CBDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.073 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CBDA
RGB	rgb(133, 203, 218)
HSL	hsl(191, 53%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(191, 39%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 6.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.73, -18.17, -14.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.73, 23.18, 218.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.1% -0.0617 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(80.1% 0.073 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.6792, 52.7575, 74.1976)
Luminance	0.5276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CBDA #DA9485

analogous

#85DABF #85CBDA #85A1DA

triadic

#85CBDA #DA85CB #CBDA85

tetradic

#85CBDA #BF85DA #DA9485 #A1DA85

square

#85CBDA #BF85DA #DA9485 #A1DA85

split-complementary

#85CBDA #DA85A1 #DABF85

monochromatic

#359AAF #56B7CC #85CBDA #B4DFE8 #E3F3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#85CBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#85CBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CBDA

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CBDA	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC6DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BCDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62D1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85cbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 203, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.073 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acdbe5',
    500: '#85cbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85cbda;
$custom-light: #acdbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85cbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 53.459,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.801,
    "c": 0.07323,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CBDA

secondary

#B16353

accent

#4025C1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CBDA

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

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