#85D8EB#85D8EB

#85D8EB is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.085 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85D8EB
RGB	rgb(133, 216, 235)
HSL	hsl(191, 72%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(191, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.89, -20.42, -17.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.89, 26.72, 220.16°)
OKLab	oklab(83.59% -0.0705 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(83.59% 0.085 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.2186, 60.0928, 87.5866)
Luminance	0.6010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85D8EB #EB9885

analogous

#85EBCB #85D8EB #85A5EB

triadic

#85D8EB #EB85D8 #D8EB85

tetradic

#85D8EB #CB85EB #EB9885 #A5EB85

square

#85D8EB #CB85EB #EB9885 #A5EB85

split-complementary

#85D8EB #EB85A5 #EBCB85

monochromatic

#23B2D3 #50C7E2 #85D8EB #BAE9F4 #E5F7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#85D8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#85D8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85D8EB

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85D8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85D8EB	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56E0DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85d8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 216, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.085 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ade4f1',
    500: '#85d8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85d8eb;
$custom-light: #ade4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85d8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.176,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83593,
    "c": 0.08494,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85D8EB

secondary

#C5654F

accent

#3612D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #85D8EB

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

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