#85CBEE#85CBEE

#85CBEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.086 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CBEE
RGB	rgb(133, 203, 238)
HSL	hsl(200, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(200, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 14.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.38, -12.97, -24.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.38, 27.41, 241.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.0542 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.086 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.4560, 53.8682, 88.8219)
Luminance	0.5387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CBEE #EEA885

analogous

#85EEDD #85CBEE #8596EE

triadic

#85CBEE #EE85CB #CBEE85

tetradic

#85CBEE #DD85EE #EEA885 #96EE85

square

#85CBEE #DD85EE #EEA885 #96EE85

split-complementary

#85CBEE #EE8596 #EEDD85

monochromatic

#1E9CDA #4FB4E7 #85CBEE #BBE2F5 #E4F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#85CBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#85CBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CBEE

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CBEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CBEE	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57D5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85cbee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 203, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.086 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#addaf3',
    500: '#85cbee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85cbee;
$custom-light: #addaf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85cbee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80837,
    "c": 0.08597,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CBEE

secondary

#C9774F

accent

#510ED8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CBEE

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

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