#85CCED#85CCED

#85CCED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.085 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CCED
RGB	rgb(133, 204, 237)
HSL	hsl(199, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(199, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 13.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, -13.76, -23.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 27.01, 239.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% -0.0557 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.085 229)
XYZ	xyz(46.5464, 54.2834, 88.1293)
Luminance	0.5429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CCED #EDA685

analogous

#85EDDA #85CCED #8598ED

triadic

#85CCED #ED85CC #CCED85

tetradic

#85CCED #DA85ED #EDA685 #98ED85

square

#85CCED #DA85ED #EDA685 #98ED85

split-complementary

#85CCED #ED8598 #EDDA85

monochromatic

#209DD8 #50B6E5 #85CCED #BAE2F5 #E4F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#85CCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#85CCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CCED

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CCED	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBEED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58D5D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85cced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 204, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.085 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#addbf3',
    500: '#85cced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85cced;
$custom-light: #addbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85cced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.038,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81017,
    "c": 0.08501,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.54287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CCED

secondary

#C7754F

accent

#4E0FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FBFE

border

#D0D4D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CCED

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

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