#85CEEC#85CEEC

#85CEEC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.084 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CEEC
RGB	rgb(133, 206, 236)
HSL	hsl(197, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(197, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 12.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -15.06, -21.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 26.59, 235.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.0584 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.084 226)
XYZ	xyz(46.8791, 55.1820, 87.5215)
Luminance	0.5518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CEEC #ECA385

analogous

#85ECD7 #85CEEC #859AEC

triadic

#85CEEC #EC85CE #CEEC85

tetradic

#85CEEC #D785EC #ECA385 #9AEC85

square

#85CEEC #D785EC #ECA385 #9AEC85

split-complementary

#85CEEC #EC859A #ECD785

monochromatic

#21A1D5 #50B9E4 #85CEEC #BAE3F4 #E5F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#85CEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#85CEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CEEC

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CEEC	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECBEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58D7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85ceec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 206, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.084 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adddf2',
    500: '#85ceec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85ceec;
$custom-light: #adddf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85ceec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.476,
    "s": 73.05,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81419,
    "c": 0.08409,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.55185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CEEC

secondary

#C6724F

accent

#4A10D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CEEC

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

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