#85CFEF#85CFEF

#85CFEF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.086 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CFEF
RGB	rgb(133, 207, 239)
HSL	hsl(198, 77%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(198, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 13.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -14.79, -22.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 27.30, 237.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.0585 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.086 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.5601, 55.8408, 89.9168)
Luminance	0.5584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CFEF #EFA585

analogous

#85EFDA #85CFEF #859AEF

triadic

#85CFEF #EF85CF #CFEF85

tetradic

#85CFEF #DA85EF #EFA585 #9AEF85

square

#85CFEF #DA85EF #EFA585 #9AEF85

split-complementary

#85CFEF #EF859A #EFDA85

monochromatic

#1DA3DD #4FBAE8 #85CFEF #BBE4F6 #E4F4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#85CFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#85CFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CFEF

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CFEF	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECCF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC0EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56D8D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85cfef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 207, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.086 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adddf4',
    500: '#85cfef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85cfef;
$custom-light: #adddf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85cfef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.113,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81752,
    "c": 0.08626,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CFEF

secondary

#CA744E

accent

#4A0CD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CFEF

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

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