#85CBDB#85CBDB

#85CBDB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.074 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CBDB
RGB	rgb(133, 203, 219)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(191, 39%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 7.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.76, -17.92, -14.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.76, 23.29, 219.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% -0.0613 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.074 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.8105, 52.8100, 74.8889)
Luminance	0.5281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CBDB #DB9585

analogous

#85DBC0 #85CBDB #85A0DB

triadic

#85CBDB #DB85CB #CBDB85

tetradic

#85CBDB #C085DB #DB9585 #A0DB85

square

#85CBDB #C085DB #DB9585 #A0DB85

split-complementary

#85CBDB #DB85A0 #DBC085

monochromatic

#349AB1 #56B7CD #85CBDB #B4DFE9 #E4F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#85CBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#85CBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CBDB

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CBDB	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC6DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BCDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85cbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 203, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.074 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acdbe6',
    500: '#85cbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85cbdb;
$custom-light: #acdbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85cbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.163,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80136,
    "c": 0.07365,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CBDB

secondary

#B26453

accent

#4124C2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CBDB

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

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