#85E8FF#85E8FF

#85E8FF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.098 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85E8FF
RGB	rgb(133, 232, 255)
HSL	hsl(191, 100%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(191, 48%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.96, -23.18, -20.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.96, 30.71, 221.00°)
OKLab	oklab(87.85% -0.081 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(87.85% 0.098 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.5726, 69.9151, 105.1021)
Luminance	0.6992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85E8FF #FF9C85

analogous

#85FFD9 #85E8FF #85ABFF

triadic

#85E8FF #FF85E8 #E8FF85

tetradic

#85E8FF #D985FF #FF9C85 #ABFF85

square

#85E8FF #D985FF #FF9C85 #ABFF85

split-complementary

#85E8FF #FF85AB #FFD985

monochromatic

#0BD1FF #48DCFF #85E8FF #C2F4FF #E0F9FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#85E8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.98

#85E8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85E8FF

14.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85E8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85E8FF	1.00	1.40	14.98	14.98
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7E2FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4D4FF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42F1EF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85e8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 232, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.098 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afefff',
    500: '#85e8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85e8ff;
$custom-light: #afefff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85e8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.311,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8785,
    "c": 0.09824,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85E8FF

secondary

#DF6549

accent

#2B00E6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFF

border

#D1D6D7

text

#111618

muted

#818586

Preview Lab

Preview with #85E8FF

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

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