#85D5EE#85D5EE

#85D5EE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.086 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85D5EE
RGB	rgb(133, 213, 238)
HSL	hsl(194, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(194, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 10.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, -18.12, -19.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 26.95, 227.73°)
OKLab	oklab(83.04% -0.0659 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(83.04% 0.086 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.8941, 58.7445, 89.6347)
Luminance	0.5875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85D5EE #EE9E85

analogous

#85EED3 #85D5EE #85A0EE

triadic

#85D5EE #EE85D5 #D5EE85

tetradic

#85D5EE #D385EE #EE9E85 #A0EE85

square

#85D5EE #D385EE #EE9E85 #A0EE85

split-complementary

#85D5EE #EE85A0 #EED385

monochromatic

#1EADDA #4FC3E7 #85D5EE #BBE7F5 #E4F6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#85D5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#85D5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85D5EE

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85D5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85D5EE	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C4EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55DEDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85d5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 213, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.086 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aee2f3',
    500: '#85d5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85d5ee;
$custom-light: #aee2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85d5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.286,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83036,
    "c": 0.08579,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85D5EE

secondary

#C96C4F

accent

#3E0ED8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #85D5EE

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

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