#85A3CD#85A3CD

#85A3CD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.070 H 256.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85A3CD
RGB	rgb(133, 163, 205)
HSL	hsl(215, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(215, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 20.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, -0.13, -24.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 24.78, 269.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.016 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.07 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7861, 35.5871, 62.8346)
Luminance	0.3559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85A3CD #CDAF85

analogous

#85C7CD #85A3CD #8B85CD

triadic

#85A3CD #CD85A3 #A3CD85

tetradic

#85A3CD #CD85C7 #CDAF85 #85CD8B

square

#85A3CD #CD85C7 #CDAF85 #85CD8B

split-complementary

#85A3CD #CD8B85 #C7CD85

monochromatic

#3F6499 #5A82BB #85A3CD #B0C4DF #DCE4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#85A3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#85A3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85A3CD

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85A3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85A3CD	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EACB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85a3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 163, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.070 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aabedc',
    500: '#85a3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85a3cd;
$custom-light: #aabedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85a3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215,
    "s": 41.86,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70832,
    "c": 0.0703,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85A3CD

secondary

#E3D9CB

accent

#7E31B5

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101215

muted

#7F8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #85A3CD

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

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