#85CBEF#85CBEF

#85CBEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.087 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CBEF
RGB	rgb(133, 203, 239)
HSL	hsl(200, 77%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(200, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, -12.71, -24.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 27.71, 242.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.0538 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.087 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.6033, 53.9271, 89.5978)
Luminance	0.5393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CBEF #EFA985

analogous

#85EFDE #85CBEF #8596EF

triadic

#85CBEF #EF85CB #CBEF85

tetradic

#85CBEF #DE85EF #EFA985 #96EF85

square

#85CBEF #DE85EF #EFA985 #96EF85

split-complementary

#85CBEF #EF8596 #EFDE85

monochromatic

#1D9CDD #4FB4E8 #85CBEF #BBE2F6 #E4F3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#85CBEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#85CBEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CBEF

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CBEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CBEF	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C9F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABDEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57D5D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85cbef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 203, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.087 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#addaf4',
    500: '#85cbef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85cbef;
$custom-light: #addaf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85cbef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.377,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80875,
    "c": 0.08681,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CBEF

secondary

#CA784E

accent

#520CD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#111417

muted

#818385

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CBEF

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

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