#85E6FF#85E6FF

#85E6FF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.098 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85E6FF
RGB	rgb(133, 230, 255)
HSL	hsl(192, 100%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(192, 48%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 9.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.40, -22.19, -20.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.40, 30.54, 223.40°)
OKLab	oklab(87.41% -0.0788 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(87.41% 0.098 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.0129, 68.7956, 104.9155)
Luminance	0.6880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85E6FF #FF9E85

analogous

#85FFDB #85E6FF #85A9FF

triadic

#85E6FF #FF85E6 #E6FF85

tetradic

#85E6FF #DB85FF #FF9E85 #A9FF85

square

#85E6FF #DB85FF #FF9E85 #A9FF85

split-complementary

#85E6FF #FF85A9 #FFDB85

monochromatic

#0BCDFF #48D9FF #85E6FF #C2F3FF #E0F9FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#85E6FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#85E6FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85E6FF

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85E6FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85E6FF	1.00	1.42	14.76	14.76
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5E0FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2D2FF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42EFEE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85e6ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 230, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.098 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afeeff',
    500: '#85e6ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85e6ff;
$custom-light: #afeeff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85e6ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.295,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87408,
    "c": 0.09778,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85E6FF

secondary

#DF6849

accent

#2F00E6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFF

border

#D1D6D7

text

#111618

muted

#818586

Preview Lab

Preview with #85E6FF

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

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