#85CEF8#85CEF8

#85CEF8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.094 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CEF8
RGB	rgb(133, 206, 248)
HSL	hsl(202, 89%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(202, 46%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 16.9%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.56, -11.84, -27.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.56, 30.12, 246.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% -0.0541 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.094 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.6814, 55.9029, 97.0138)
Luminance	0.5591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CEF8 #F8AF85

analogous

#85F8E8 #85CEF8 #8595F8

triadic

#85CEF8 #F885CE #CEF885

tetradic

#85CEF8 #E885F8 #F8AF85 #95F885

square

#85CEF8 #E885F8 #F8AF85 #95F885

split-complementary

#85CEF8 #F88595 #F8E885

monochromatic

#11A0F1 #4BB7F5 #85CEF8 #BFE5FB #E2F3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#85CEF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#85CEF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CEF8

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CEF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CEF8	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BACCFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAC0F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50D9DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85cef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 206, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.094 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeddfa',
    500: '#85cef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85cef8;
$custom-light: #aeddfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85cef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.913,
    "s": 89.147,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81883,
    "c": 0.09396,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CEF8

secondary

#D57E4C

accent

#5400E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CEF8

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

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