#85D8EA#85D8EA

#85D8EA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.085 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85D8EA
RGB	rgb(133, 216, 234)
HSL	hsl(191, 71%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(191, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 7.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.86, -20.68, -16.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.86, 26.61, 219.00°)
OKLab	oklab(83.56% -0.0708 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(83.56% 0.085 213)
XYZ	xyz(49.0746, 60.0352, 86.8279)
Luminance	0.6004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85D8EA #EA9785

analogous

#85EACA #85D8EA #85A6EA

triadic

#85D8EA #EA85D8 #D8EA85

tetradic

#85D8EA #CA85EA #EA9785 #A6EA85

square

#85D8EA #CA85EA #EA9785 #A6EA85

split-complementary

#85D8EA #EA85A6 #EACA85

monochromatic

#24B2D1 #51C7E1 #85D8EA #B9E9F3 #E5F7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#85D8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#85D8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85D8EA

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85D8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85D8EA	1.00	1.61	13.01	13.01
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57E0DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85d8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 216, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.085 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ade4f0',
    500: '#85d8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85d8ea;
$custom-light: #ade4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85d8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.693,
    "s": 70.629,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83558,
    "c": 0.08452,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.60039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85D8EA

secondary

#C46450

accent

#3513D3

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #85D8EA

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

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