#85A5EC#85A5EC

#85A5EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.110 H 265.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85A5EC
RGB	rgb(133, 165, 236)
HSL	hsl(221, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(221, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 30.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, 7.19, -39.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 39.76, 280.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.0092 -0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.11 265.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2635, 37.9508, 84.6496)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85A5EC #ECCC85

analogous

#85D9EC #85A5EC #9885EC

triadic

#85A5EC #EC85A5 #A5EC85

tetradic

#85A5EC #EC85D9 #ECCC85 #85EC98

square

#85A5EC #EC85D9 #ECCC85 #85EC98

split-complementary

#85A5EC #EC9885 #D9EC85

monochromatic

#2159D5 #507EE4 #85A5EC #BACCF4 #E5EBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#85A5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#85A5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85A5EC

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85A5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85A5EC	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BABEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FB4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85a5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 165, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.110 265.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adbff2',
    500: '#85a5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85a5ec;
$custom-light: #adbff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85a5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.359,
    "s": 73.05,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72633,
    "c": 0.10984,
    "h": 265.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85A5EC

secondary

#F3EAD8

accent

#9810D5

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F7FD

border

#CFD0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #85A5EC

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

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