#85CEDD#85CEDD

#85CEDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.076 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CEDD
RGB	rgb(133, 206, 221)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(190, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 6.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.66, -18.94, -14.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.66, 23.92, 217.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.87% -0.0641 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(80.87% 0.076 212)
XYZ	xyz(44.7906, 54.3466, 76.5223)
Luminance	0.5435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CEDD #DD9485

analogous

#85DDC0 #85CEDD #85A2DD

triadic

#85CEDD #DD85CE #CEDD85

tetradic

#85CEDD #C085DD #DD9485 #A2DD85

square

#85CEDD #C085DD #DD9485 #A2DD85

split-complementary

#85CEDD #DD85A2 #DDC085

monochromatic

#329FB5 #55BBD0 #85CEDD #B5E1EA #E5F4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#85CEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#85CEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CEDD

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CEDD	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60D5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85cedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 206, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.076 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acdde7',
    500: '#85cedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85cedd;
$custom-light: #acdde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85cedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.227,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80874,
    "c": 0.07561,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.5435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CEDD

secondary

#B46352

accent

#3D22C4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CEDD

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

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