#85CEEF#85CEEF

#85CEEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.086 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CEEF
RGB	rgb(133, 206, 239)
HSL	hsl(199, 77%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(199, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 13.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.25, -14.27, -23.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.25, 27.38, 238.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.53% -0.0573 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(81.53% 0.086 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.3186, 55.3578, 89.8363)
Luminance	0.5536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CEEF #EFA685

analogous

#85EFDB #85CEEF #8599EF

triadic

#85CEEF #EF85CE #CEEF85

tetradic

#85CEEF #DB85EF #EFA685 #99EF85

square

#85CEEF #DB85EF #EFA685 #99EF85

split-complementary

#85CEEF #EF8599 #EFDB85

monochromatic

#1DA1DD #4FB8E8 #85CEEF #BBE4F6 #E4F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#85CEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#85CEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CEEF

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CEEF	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCBF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56D8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85ceef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 206, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.086 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adddf4',
    500: '#85ceef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85ceef;
$custom-light: #adddf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85ceef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.679,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81532,
    "c": 0.08635,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CEEF

secondary

#CA754E

accent

#4C0CD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CEEF

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

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