#85CDEB#85CDEB

#85CDEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.083 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CDEB
RGB	rgb(133, 205, 235)
HSL	hsl(198, 72%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(198, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.84, -14.81, -21.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.84, 26.40, 235.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% -0.0576 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.083 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.4943, 54.6441, 86.6785)
Luminance	0.5465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CDEB #EBA385

analogous

#85EBD6 #85CDEB #859AEB

triadic

#85CDEB #EB85CD #CDEB85

tetradic

#85CDEB #D685EB #EBA385 #9AEB85

square

#85CDEB #D685EB #EBA385 #9AEB85

split-complementary

#85CDEB #EB859A #EBD685

monochromatic

#239FD3 #50B7E2 #85CDEB #BAE3F4 #E5F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#85CDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#85CDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CDEB

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CDEB	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59D6D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85cdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 205, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.083 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#addcf1',
    500: '#85cdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85cdeb;
$custom-light: #addcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85cdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81161,
    "c": 0.0834,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CDEB

secondary

#C5724F

accent

#4B12D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CDEB

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

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