#85DAFA#85DAFA

#85DAFA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.094 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85DAFA
RGB	rgb(133, 218, 250)
HSL	hsl(196, 92%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(196, 47%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 12.8%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.93, -17.49, -23.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.93, 29.39, 233.47°)
OKLab	oklab(84.58% -0.0671 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(84.58% 0.094 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.9933, 62.0274, 99.6566)
Luminance	0.6203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85DAFA #FAA585

analogous

#85FADF #85DAFA #85A0FA

triadic

#85DAFA #FA85DA #DAFA85

tetradic

#85DAFA #DF85FA #FAA585 #A0FA85

square

#85DAFA #DF85FA #FAA585 #A0FA85

split-complementary

#85DAFA #FA85A0 #FADF85

monochromatic

#0FB6F5 #4AC8F8 #85DAFA #C0ECFC #E2F6FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#85DAFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#85DAFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85DAFA

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85DAFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85DAFA	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D6FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C9FA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4BE4E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85dafa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 218, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.094 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aee5fc',
    500: '#85dafa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85dafa;
$custom-light: #aee5fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85dafa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.41,
    "s": 92.126,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84583,
    "c": 0.09367,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85DAFA

secondary

#D8724B

accent

#3F00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111517

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #85DAFA

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

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