#85E5FF#85E5FF

#85E5FF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.098 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85E5FF
RGB	rgb(133, 229, 255)
HSL	hsl(193, 100%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(193, 48%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 10.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.13, -21.70, -21.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.13, 30.48, 224.61°)
OKLab	oklab(87.19% -0.0777 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(87.19% 0.098 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.7354, 68.2406, 104.8230)
Luminance	0.6825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85E5FF #FF9F85

analogous

#85FFDC #85E5FF #85A8FF

triadic

#85E5FF #FF85E5 #E5FF85

tetradic

#85E5FF #DC85FF #FF9F85 #A8FF85

square

#85E5FF #DC85FF #FF9F85 #A8FF85

split-complementary

#85E5FF #FF85A8 #FFDC85

monochromatic

#0BCBFF #48D8FF #85E5FF #C2F2FF #E0F8FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#85E5FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.65

#85E5FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85E5FF

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85E5FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85E5FF	1.00	1.43	14.65	14.65
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4E0FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1D1FF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43EEED

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85e5ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 229, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.098 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afedff',
    500: '#85e5ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85e5ff;
$custom-light: #afedff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85e5ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.787,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87188,
    "c": 0.0976,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85E5FF

secondary

#DF6949

accent

#3100E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FDFF

border

#D1D5D7

text

#111618

muted

#818486

Preview Lab

Preview with #85E5FF

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

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