#85CEE8#85CEE8

#85CEE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.081 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CEE8
RGB	rgb(133, 206, 232)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(196, 43%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 11.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.01, -16.11, -19.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.01, 25.66, 231.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0599 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.081 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.3045, 54.9521, 84.4951)
Luminance	0.5495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CEE8 #E89F85

analogous

#85E8D1 #85CEE8 #859DE8

triadic

#85CEE8 #E885CE #CEE885

tetradic

#85CEE8 #D185E8 #E89F85 #9DE885

square

#85CEE8 #D185E8 #E89F85 #9DE885

split-complementary

#85CEE8 #E8859D #E8D185

monochromatic

#26A1CC #52B9DE #85CEE8 #B8E3F2 #E5F5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#85CEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#85CEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CEE8

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CEE8	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCAE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BFE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AD6D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85cee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 206, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.081 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adddef',
    500: '#85cee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85cee8;
$custom-light: #adddef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85cee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.758,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8127,
    "c": 0.08136,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CEE8

secondary

#C16E50

accent

#4615D0

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CEE8

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

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