#85CEED#85CEED

#85CEED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.085 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CEED
RGB	rgb(133, 206, 237)
HSL	hsl(198, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(198, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -14.80, -22.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 26.84, 236.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% -0.0581 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.085 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.0248, 55.2402, 88.2888)
Luminance	0.5524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CEED #EDA485

analogous

#85EDD8 #85CEED #859AED

triadic

#85CEED #ED85CE #CEED85

tetradic

#85CEED #D885ED #EDA485 #9AED85

square

#85CEED #D885ED #EDA485 #9AED85

split-complementary

#85CEED #ED859A #EDD885

monochromatic

#20A1D8 #50B9E5 #85CEED #BAE3F5 #E4F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#85CEED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#85CEED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CEED

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CEED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CEED	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCBEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57D7D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85ceed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 206, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.085 226.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85ceed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.885,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81456,
    "c": 0.08482,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CEED

secondary

#C7734F

accent

#4B0FD6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CEED

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

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