#85CEF5#85CEF5

#85CEF5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.091 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CEF5
RGB	rgb(133, 206, 245)
HSL	hsl(201, 85%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(201, 46%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 15.9%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, -12.66, -26.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 29.15, 244.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.76% -0.0552 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(81.76% 0.091 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.2197, 55.7182, 94.5822)
Luminance	0.5572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CEF5 #F5AC85

analogous

#85F5E4 #85CEF5 #8596F5

triadic

#85CEF5 #F585CE #CEF585

tetradic

#85CEF5 #E485F5 #F5AC85 #96F585

square

#85CEF5 #E485F5 #F5AC85 #96F585

split-complementary

#85CEF5 #F58596 #F5E485

monochromatic

#14A1EC #4CB7F0 #85CEF5 #BEE5FA #E3F4FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#85CEF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#85CEF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CEF5

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CEF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CEF5	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBCCF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABC0F4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52D9DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85cef5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 206, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.091 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeddf8',
    500: '#85cef5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85cef5;
$custom-light: #aeddf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85cef5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.893,
    "s": 84.848,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81764,
    "c": 0.0913,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CEF5

secondary

#D27B4D

accent

#5104E1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CEF5

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

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