#85CDEE#85CDEE

#85CDEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.086 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CDEE
RGB	rgb(133, 205, 238)
HSL	hsl(199, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(199, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 13.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.94, -14.02, -23.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.94, 27.19, 238.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0565 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.086 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.9313, 54.8189, 88.9804)
Luminance	0.5482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CDEE #EEA685

analogous

#85EEDA #85CDEE #8598EE

triadic

#85CDEE #EE85CD #CDEE85

tetradic

#85CDEE #DA85EE #EEA685 #98EE85

square

#85CDEE #DA85EE #EEA685 #98EE85

split-complementary

#85CDEE #EE8598 #EEDA85

monochromatic

#1E9FDA #4FB7E7 #85CDEE #BBE3F5 #E4F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#85CDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#85CDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CDEE

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CDEE	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57D7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85cdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 205, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.086 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#addcf3',
    500: '#85cdee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85cdee;
$custom-light: #addcf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85cdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.857,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81275,
    "c": 0.08568,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CDEE

secondary

#C9754F

accent

#4D0ED8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CDEE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →