#85CEEE#85CEEE

#85CEEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.086 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CEEE
RGB	rgb(133, 206, 238)
HSL	hsl(198, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(198, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 13.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, -14.53, -22.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 27.11, 237.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.0577 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.086 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1713, 55.2988, 89.0604)
Luminance	0.5530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CEEE #EEA585

analogous

#85EEDA #85CEEE #8599EE

triadic

#85CEEE #EE85CE #CEEE85

tetradic

#85CEEE #DA85EE #EEA585 #99EE85

square

#85CEEE #DA85EE #EEA585 #99EE85

split-complementary

#85CEEE #EE8599 #EEDA85

monochromatic

#1EA1DA #4FB8E7 #85CEEE #BBE4F5 #E4F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#85CEEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#85CEEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CEEE

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CEEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CEEE	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCBF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57D7D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85ceee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 206, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.086 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adddf3',
    500: '#85ceee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85ceee;
$custom-light: #adddf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85ceee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.286,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81494,
    "c": 0.08558,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CEEE

secondary

#C9744F

accent

#4B0ED8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CEEE

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

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