#85DEFD#85DEFD

#85DEFD is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.096 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85DEFD
RGB	rgb(133, 222, 253)
HSL	hsl(196, 97%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(196, 47%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 12.3%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.13, -18.72, -23.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.13, 29.95, 231.31°)
OKLab	oklab(85.57% -0.0706 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(85.57% 0.096 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.5172, 64.3167, 102.5037)
Luminance	0.6432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85DEFD #FDA485

analogous

#85FDE0 #85DEFD #85A2FD

triadic

#85DEFD #FD85DE #DEFD85

tetradic

#85DEFD #E085FD #FDA485 #A2FD85

square

#85DEFD #E085FD #FDA485 #A2FD85

split-complementary

#85DEFD #FD85A2 #FDE085

monochromatic

#0DBDFB #49CEFC #85DEFD #C1EEFE #E1F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#85DEFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#85DEFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85DEFD

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85DEFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85DEFD	1.00	1.51	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCDAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BACCFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47E8E8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85defd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 222, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.096 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afe8fe',
    500: '#85defd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85defd;
$custom-light: #afe8fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85defd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.5,
    "s": 96.774,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85573,
    "c": 0.09569,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85DEFD

secondary

#DC704A

accent

#3B00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #85DEFD

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

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