#85DCFF#85DCFF

#85DCFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.097 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85DCFF
RGB	rgb(133, 220, 255)
HSL	hsl(197, 100%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(197, 48%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 13.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.65, -17.17, -25.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.65, 30.47, 235.70°)
OKLab	oklab(85.21% -0.0676 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(85.21% 0.097 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.3094, 63.3887, 104.0144)
Luminance	0.6339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85DCFF #FFA885

analogous

#85FFE5 #85DCFF #859FFF

triadic

#85DCFF #FF85DC #DCFF85

tetradic

#85DCFF #E585FF #FFA885 #9FFF85

square

#85DCFF #E585FF #FFA885 #9FFF85

split-complementary

#85DCFF #FF859F #FFE585

monochromatic

#0BB9FF #48CAFF #85DCFF #C2EEFF #E0F6FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#85DCFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68

#85DCFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85DCFF

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85DCFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85DCFF	1.00	1.54	13.68	13.68
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7CBFF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46E7E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85dcff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 220, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.097 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afe7ff',
    500: '#85dcff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85dcff;
$custom-light: #afe7ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85dcff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.213,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8521,
    "c": 0.09708,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85DCFF

secondary

#DF7449

accent

#4200E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111618

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #85DCFF

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

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