#85DCEF#85DCEF

#85DCEF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.088 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85DCEF
RGB	rgb(133, 220, 239)
HSL	hsl(191, 77%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(191, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 7.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.13, -21.39, -17.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.13, 27.63, 219.27°)
OKLab	oklab(84.62% -0.0735 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(84.62% 0.088 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.8403, 62.4011, 91.0102)
Luminance	0.6240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85DCEF #EF9885

analogous

#85EFCD #85DCEF #85A7EF

triadic

#85DCEF #EF85DC #DCEF85

tetradic

#85DCEF #CD85EF #EF9885 #A7EF85

square

#85DCEF #CD85EF #EF9885 #A7EF85

split-complementary

#85DCEF #EF85A7 #EFCD85

monochromatic

#1DBADD #4FCCE8 #85DCEF #BBECF6 #E4F7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#85DCEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.48

#85DCEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85DCEF

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85DCEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85DCEF	1.00	1.56	13.48	13.48
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCCAEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52E4E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85dcef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 220, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.088 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aee7f4',
    500: '#85dcef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85dcef;
$custom-light: #aee7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85dcef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.755,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84623,
    "c": 0.08792,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85DCEF

secondary

#CA644E

accent

#310CD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #85DCEF

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

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