#85CDFD#85CDFD

#85CDFD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.099 H 238.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CDFD
RGB	rgb(133, 205, 253)
HSL	hsl(204, 97%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(204, 47%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 19%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, -9.95, -30.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 32.09, 251.94°)
OKLab	oklab(81.87% -0.0513 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(81.87% 0.099 238.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.2275, 55.7374, 101.0738)
Luminance	0.5574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CDFD #FDB585

analogous

#85FDF1 #85CDFD #8591FD

triadic

#85CDFD #FD85CD #CDFD85

tetradic

#85CDFD #F185FD #FDB585 #91FD85

square

#85CDFD #F185FD #FDB585 #91FD85

split-complementary

#85CDFD #FD8591 #FDF185

monochromatic

#0D9CFB #49B4FC #85CDFD #C1E6FE #E1F3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#85CDFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#85CDFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CDFD

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CDFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CDFD	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8CCFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BFFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4CD9DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85cdfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 205, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.099 238.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aedcfe',
    500: '#85cdfd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85cdfd;
$custom-light: #aedcfe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85cdfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 96.774,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81867,
    "c": 0.09908,
    "h": 238.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CDFD

secondary

#DC844A

accent

#5C00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CDFD

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

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