#85A4E9#85A4E9

#85A4E9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.107 H 265.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85A4E9
RGB	rgb(133, 164, 233)
HSL	hsl(221, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(221, 43%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 29.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, 6.91, -38.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 38.70, 280.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.0088 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.107 265.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6516, 37.4186, 82.3135)
Luminance	0.3742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85A4E9 #E9CA85

analogous

#85D6E9 #85A4E9 #9885E9

triadic

#85A4E9 #E985A4 #A4E985

tetradic

#85A4E9 #E985D6 #E9CA85 #85E998

square

#85A4E9 #E985D6 #E9CA85 #85E998

split-complementary

#85A4E9 #E99885 #D6E985

monochromatic

#255ACE #517DE0 #85A4E9 #B9CBF2 #E5ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#85A4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#85A4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85A4E9

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85A4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85A4E9	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BAAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A1E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61B2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85a4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 164, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.107 265.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acbef0',
    500: '#85a4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85a4e9;
$custom-light: #acbef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85a4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.4,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72284,
    "c": 0.10686,
    "h": 265.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85A4E9

secondary

#F2EAD8

accent

#9714D1

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F6FD

border

#CFD0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #85A4E9

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

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