#85D3EF#85D3EF

#85D3EF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.086 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85D3EF
RGB	rgb(133, 211, 239)
HSL	hsl(196, 77%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(196, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 11.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.63, -16.84, -21.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.63, 27.13, 231.62°)
OKLab	oklab(82.63% -0.0632 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(82.63% 0.086 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.5415, 57.8035, 90.2439)
Luminance	0.5781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85D3EF #EFA185

analogous

#85EFD6 #85D3EF #859EEF

triadic

#85D3EF #EF85D3 #D3EF85

tetradic

#85D3EF #D685EF #EFA185 #9EEF85

square

#85D3EF #D685EF #EFA185 #9EEF85

split-complementary

#85D3EF #EF859E #EFD685

monochromatic

#1DAADD #4FBFE8 #85D3EF #BBE7F6 #E4F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#85D3EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#85D3EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85D3EF

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85D3EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85D3EF	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CFF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C3EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55DCDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85d3ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 211, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.086 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aee0f4',
    500: '#85d3ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85d3ef;
$custom-light: #aee0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85d3ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.849,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82632,
    "c": 0.08621,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85D3EF

secondary

#CA6F4E

accent

#430CD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #85D3EF

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

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