#85CFEE#85CFEE

#85CFEE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.086 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CFEE
RGB	rgb(133, 207, 238)
HSL	hsl(198, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(198, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 13%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.49, -15.05, -22.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.49, 27.04, 236.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% -0.0589 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.086 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.4128, 55.7818, 89.1409)
Luminance	0.5578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CFEE #EEA485

analogous

#85EED8 #85CFEE #859AEE

triadic

#85CFEE #EE85CF #CFEE85

tetradic

#85CFEE #D885EE #EEA485 #9AEE85

square

#85CFEE #D885EE #EEA485 #9AEE85

split-complementary

#85CFEE #EE859A #EED885

monochromatic

#1EA3DA #4FBAE7 #85CFEE #BBE4F5 #E4F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#85CFEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#85CFEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CFEE

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CFEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CFEE	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECCF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC0EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56D8D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85cfee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 207, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.086 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adddf3',
    500: '#85cfee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85cfee;
$custom-light: #adddf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85cfee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.714,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81714,
    "c": 0.08551,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CFEE

secondary

#C9734F

accent

#490ED8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CFEE

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

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