#85DDFD#85DDFD

#85DDFD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.096 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85DDFD
RGB	rgb(133, 221, 253)
HSL	hsl(196, 97%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(196, 47%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 12.6%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.85, -18.21, -23.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.85, 29.97, 232.57°)
OKLab	oklab(85.35% -0.0694 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(85.35% 0.096 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.2524, 63.7871, 102.4154)
Luminance	0.6379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85DDFD #FDA585

analogous

#85FDE1 #85DDFD #85A1FD

triadic

#85DDFD #FD85DD #DDFD85

tetradic

#85DDFD #E185FD #FDA585 #A1FD85

square

#85DDFD #E185FD #FDA585 #A1FD85

split-complementary

#85DDFD #FD85A1 #FDE185

monochromatic

#0DBBFB #49CCFC #85DDFD #C1EEFE #E1F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#85DDFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#85DDFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85DDFD

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85DDFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85DDFD	1.00	1.53	13.76	13.76
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9CBFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47E7E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85ddfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 221, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.096 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afe7fe',
    500: '#85ddfd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85ddfd;
$custom-light: #afe7fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85ddfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 96.774,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85354,
    "c": 0.09567,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85DDFD

secondary

#DC714A

accent

#3D00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #85DDFD

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

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