#85CDEC#85CDEC

#85CDEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.084 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CDEC
RGB	rgb(133, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(198, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(198, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.87, -14.55, -22.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.87, 26.65, 236.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% -0.0573 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.084 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.6391, 54.7020, 87.4415)
Luminance	0.5471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CDEC #ECA485

analogous

#85ECD7 #85CDEC #859AEC

triadic

#85CDEC #EC85CD #CDEC85

tetradic

#85CDEC #D785EC #ECA485 #9AEC85

square

#85CDEC #D785EC #ECA485 #9AEC85

split-complementary

#85CDEC #EC859A #ECD785

monochromatic

#219FD5 #50B7E4 #85CDEC #BAE3F4 #E5F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#85CDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#85CDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CDEC

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CDEC	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58D6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85cdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.084 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#addcf2',
    500: '#85cdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85cdec;
$custom-light: #addcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85cdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.058,
    "s": 73.05,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81199,
    "c": 0.08415,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CDEC

secondary

#C6734F

accent

#4C10D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CDEC

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

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