#85CEFB#85CEFB

#85CEFB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.097 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CEFB
RGB	rgb(133, 206, 251)
HSL	hsl(203, 94%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(203, 47%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 17.9%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -11.02, -29.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 31.15, 249.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82% -0.0531 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(82% 0.097 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.1506, 56.0905, 99.4846)
Luminance	0.5609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CEFB #FBB285

analogous

#85FBED #85CEFB #8593FB

triadic

#85CEFB #FB85CE #CEFB85

tetradic

#85CEFB #ED85FB #FBB285 #93FB85

square

#85CEFB #ED85FB #FBB285 #93FB85

split-complementary

#85CEFB #FB8593 #FBED85

monochromatic

#0E9EF7 #4AB6F9 #85CEFB #C0E6FD #E1F3FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#85CEFB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#85CEFB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CEFB

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CEFB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CEFB	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9CDFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9C0FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4DDADD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85cefb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 206, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.097 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeddfc',
    500: '#85cefb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85cefb;
$custom-light: #aeddfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85cefb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.881,
    "s": 93.651,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82003,
    "c": 0.09674,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CEFB

secondary

#D9814B

accent

#5800E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CEFB

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

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