#85DDEF#85DDEF

#85DDEF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.088 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85DDEF
RGB	rgb(133, 221, 239)
HSL	hsl(190, 77%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(190, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 7.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.40, -21.89, -17.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.40, 27.76, 217.95°)
OKLab	oklab(84.85% -0.0747 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(84.85% 0.088 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.1035, 62.9275, 91.0979)
Luminance	0.6293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85DDEF #EF9785

analogous

#85EFCC #85DDEF #85A8EF

triadic

#85DDEF #EF85DD #DDEF85

tetradic

#85DDEF #CC85EF #EF9785 #A8EF85

square

#85DDEF #CC85EF #EF9785 #A8EF85

split-complementary

#85DDEF #EF85A8 #EFCC85

monochromatic

#1DBCDD #4FCEE8 #85DDEF #BBECF6 #E4F7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#85DDEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#85DDEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85DDEF

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85DDEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85DDEF	1.00	1.55	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDCAEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52E5E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85ddef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 221, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.088 212.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85ddef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.189,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84845,
    "c": 0.08825,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85DDEF

secondary

#CA634E

accent

#2F0CD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #85DDEF

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

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