#85D7EE#85D7EE

#85D7EE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.086 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85D7EE
RGB	rgb(133, 215, 238)
HSL	hsl(193, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(193, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 9.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.71, -19.14, -19.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.71, 27.04, 224.94°)
OKLab	oklab(83.48% -0.0682 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(83.48% 0.086 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.4003, 59.7568, 89.8034)
Luminance	0.5976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85D7EE #EE9C85

analogous

#85EED1 #85D7EE #85A2EE

triadic

#85D7EE #EE85D7 #D7EE85

tetradic

#85D7EE #D185EE #EE9C85 #A2EE85

square

#85D7EE #D185EE #EE9C85 #A2EE85

split-complementary

#85D7EE #EE85A2 #EED185

monochromatic

#1EB1DA #4FC5E7 #85D7EE #BBE9F5 #E4F6FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#85D7EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#85D7EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85D7EE

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85D7EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85D7EE	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D2EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C6EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54DFDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85d7ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 215, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.086 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aee3f3',
    500: '#85d7ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85d7ee;
$custom-light: #aee3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85d7ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.143,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83479,
    "c": 0.08613,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85D7EE

secondary

#C9694F

accent

#3A0ED8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #85D7EE

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

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