#85CBDD#85CBDD

#85CBDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.075 H 215.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CBDD
RGB	rgb(133, 203, 221)
HSL	hsl(192, 56%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(192, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 8.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.83, -17.41, -15.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.83, 23.55, 222.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% -0.0605 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.075 215.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.0753, 52.9159, 76.2839)
Luminance	0.5292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CBDD #DD9785

analogous

#85DDC3 #85CBDD #859FDD

triadic

#85CBDD #DD85CB #CBDD85

tetradic

#85CBDD #C385DD #DD9785 #9FDD85

square

#85CBDD #C385DD #DD9785 #9FDD85

split-complementary

#85CBDD #DD859F #DDC385

monochromatic

#329AB5 #55B7D0 #85CBDD #B5DFEA #E5F4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#85CBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#85CBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CBDD

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CBDD	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BCDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85cbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 203, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.075 215.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acdbe7',
    500: '#85cbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85cbdd;
$custom-light: #acdbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85cbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.273,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80206,
    "c": 0.07457,
    "h": 215.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CBDD

secondary

#B46652

accent

#4322C4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CBDD

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

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