#85CBDE#85CBDE

#85CBDE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.075 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CBDE
RGB	rgb(133, 203, 222)
HSL	hsl(193, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(193, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 8.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.86, -17.16, -16.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.86, 23.70, 223.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.0601 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.075 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.2089, 52.9694, 76.9876)
Luminance	0.5297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CBDE #DE9885

analogous

#85DEC5 #85CBDE #859FDE

triadic

#85CBDE #DE85CB #CBDE85

tetradic

#85CBDE #C585DE #DE9885 #9FDE85

square

#85CBDE #C585DE #DE9885 #9FDE85

split-complementary

#85CBDE #DE859F #DEC585

monochromatic

#329BB7 #55B6D1 #85CBDE #B5E0EB #E5F4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#85CBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#85CBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CBDE

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CBDE	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BCDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60D2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85cbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 203, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.075 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acdbe8',
    500: '#85cbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85cbde;
$custom-light: #acdbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85cbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.809,
    "s": 57.419,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80242,
    "c": 0.07507,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CBDE

secondary

#B56752

accent

#4421C5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CBDE

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

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