#85CFEB#85CFEB

#85CFEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.083 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CFEB
RGB	rgb(133, 207, 235)
HSL	hsl(196, 72%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(196, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 11.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.39, -15.84, -21.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.39, 26.31, 232.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.6% -0.06 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(81.6% 0.083 224)
XYZ	xyz(46.9757, 55.6070, 86.8390)
Luminance	0.5561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CFEB #EBA185

analogous

#85EBD4 #85CFEB #859CEB

triadic

#85CFEB #EB85CF #CFEB85

tetradic

#85CFEB #D485EB #EBA185 #9CEB85

square

#85CFEB #D485EB #EBA185 #9CEB85

split-complementary

#85CFEB #EB859C #EBD485

monochromatic

#23A3D3 #50BAE2 #85CFEB #BAE4F4 #E5F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#85CFEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#85CFEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CFEB

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CFEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CFEB	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCBED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58D8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85cfeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 207, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.083 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adddf1',
    500: '#85cfeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85cfeb;
$custom-light: #adddf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85cfeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.471,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81601,
    "c": 0.08339,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.5561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CFEB

secondary

#C5704F

accent

#4712D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFE

border

#D0D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CFEB

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

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