#85DCEE#85DCEE

#85DCEE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.088 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85DCEE
RGB	rgb(133, 220, 238)
HSL	hsl(190, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(190, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 7.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.09, -21.65, -17.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.09, 27.53, 218.15°)
OKLab	oklab(84.59% -0.0739 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(84.59% 0.088 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.6930, 62.3421, 90.2343)
Luminance	0.6235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85DCEE #EE9785

analogous

#85EECC #85DCEE #85A7EE

triadic

#85DCEE #EE85DC #DCEE85

tetradic

#85DCEE #CC85EE #EE9785 #A7EE85

square

#85DCEE #CC85EE #EE9785 #A7EE85

split-complementary

#85DCEE #EE85A7 #EECC85

monochromatic

#1EBADA #4FCDE7 #85DCEE #BBEBF5 #E4F7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#85DCEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#85DCEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85DCEE

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85DCEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85DCEE	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED6EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDCAEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53E4E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85dcee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 220, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.088 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aee7f3',
    500: '#85dcee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85dcee;
$custom-light: #aee7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85dcee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.286,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84588,
    "c": 0.08751,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85DCEE

secondary

#C9644F

accent

#300ED8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #85DCEE

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

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