#85CEEA#85CEEA

#85CEEA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.083 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CEEA
RGB	rgb(133, 206, 234)
HSL	hsl(197, 71%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(197, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 12%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, -15.59, -20.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 26.11, 233.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.0592 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.083 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.5902, 55.0664, 85.9998)
Luminance	0.5507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CEEA #EAA185

analogous

#85EAD4 #85CEEA #859CEA

triadic

#85CEEA #EA85CE #CEEA85

tetradic

#85CEEA #D485EA #EAA185 #9CEA85

square

#85CEEA #D485EA #EAA185 #9CEA85

split-complementary

#85CEEA #EA859C #EAD485

monochromatic

#24A1D1 #51B9E1 #85CEEA #B9E3F3 #E5F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#85CEEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#85CEEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CEEA

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CEEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CEEA	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59D7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85ceea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 206, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.083 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adddf0',
    500: '#85ceea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85ceea;
$custom-light: #adddf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85ceea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.634,
    "s": 70.629,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81344,
    "c": 0.08269,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CEEA

secondary

#C47050

accent

#4813D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CEEA

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

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