#85D8EC#85D8EC

#85D8EC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.085 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85D8EC
RGB	rgb(133, 216, 236)
HSL	hsl(192, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(192, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 8.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.92, -20.16, -17.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.92, 26.84, 221.30°)
OKLab	oklab(83.63% -0.0701 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(83.63% 0.085 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.3635, 60.1507, 88.3496)
Luminance	0.6015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85D8EC #EC9985

analogous

#85ECCC #85D8EC #85A5EC

triadic

#85D8EC #EC85D8 #D8EC85

tetradic

#85D8EC #CC85EC #EC9985 #A5EC85

square

#85D8EC #CC85EC #EC9985 #A5EC85

split-complementary

#85D8EC #EC85A5 #ECCC85

monochromatic

#21B2D5 #50C7E4 #85D8EC #BAE9F4 #E5F7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#85D8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#85D8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85D8EC

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85D8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85D8EC	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55E0DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85d8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 216, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.085 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aee4f2',
    500: '#85d8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85d8ec;
$custom-light: #aee4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85d8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.65,
    "s": 73.05,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83629,
    "c": 0.08539,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85D8EC

secondary

#C6664F

accent

#3710D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111516

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #85D8EC

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

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