#85CEE2#85CEE2

#85CEE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.078 H 217.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CEE2
RGB	rgb(133, 206, 226)
HSL	hsl(193, 62%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(193, 41%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 8.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.82, -17.67, -17.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.82, 24.55, 223.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.0622 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.078 217)
XYZ	xyz(45.4667, 54.6170, 80.0830)
Luminance	0.5462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CEE2 #E29985

analogous

#85E2C7 #85CEE2 #859FE2

triadic

#85CEE2 #E285CE #CEE285

tetradic

#85CEE2 #C785E2 #E29985 #9FE285

square

#85CEE2 #C785E2 #E29985 #9FE285

split-complementary

#85CEE2 #E2859F #E2C785

monochromatic

#2DA0BF #54BAD6 #85CEE2 #B6E2EE #E6F5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#85CEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#85CEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CEE2

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CEE2	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CAE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BEE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5ED5D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85cee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 206, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.078 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adddeb',
    500: '#85cee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85cee2;
$custom-light: #adddeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85cee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.903,
    "s": 61.589,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81051,
    "c": 0.07788,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.5462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CEE2

secondary

#BA6851

accent

#411CC9

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFD

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CEE2

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

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