#85D9EF#85D9EF

#85D9EF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.087 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85D9EF
RGB	rgb(133, 217, 239)
HSL	hsl(192, 77%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(192, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 9.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.29, -19.89, -18.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.29, 27.33, 223.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.96% -0.0701 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(83.96% 0.087 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.0600, 60.8405, 90.7501)
Luminance	0.6084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85D9EF #EF9B85

analogous

#85EFD0 #85D9EF #85A4EF

triadic

#85D9EF #EF85D9 #D9EF85

tetradic

#85D9EF #D085EF #EF9B85 #A4EF85

square

#85D9EF #D085EF #EF9B85 #A4EF85

split-complementary

#85D9EF #EF85A4 #EFD085

monochromatic

#1DB5DD #4FC8E8 #85D9EF #BBEAF6 #E4F7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#85D9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#85D9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85D9EF

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85D9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85D9EF	1.00	1.59	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C7EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53E1E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85d9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 217, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.087 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aee4f4',
    500: '#85d9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85d9ef;
$custom-light: #aee4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85d9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.453,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83958,
    "c": 0.08708,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85D9EF

secondary

#CA684E

accent

#370CD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #85D9EF

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

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