#85A6EB#85A6EB

#85A6EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.107 H 264.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85A6EB
RGB	rgb(133, 166, 235)
HSL	hsl(221, 72%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(221, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 29.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, 6.34, -38.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 38.73, 279.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0107 -0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.107 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2997, 38.2550, 83.9470)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85A6EB #EBCA85

analogous

#85D9EB #85A6EB #9785EB

triadic

#85A6EB #EB85A6 #A6EB85

tetradic

#85A6EB #EB85D9 #EBCA85 #85EB97

square

#85A6EB #EB85D9 #EBCA85 #85EB97

split-complementary

#85A6EB #EB9785 #D9EB85

monochromatic

#235CD3 #5080E2 #85A6EB #BACCF4 #E5ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#85A6EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#85A6EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85A6EB

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85A6EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85A6EB	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DABEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A2E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60B4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85a6eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 166, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.107 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acc0f1',
    500: '#85a6eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85a6eb;
$custom-light: #acc0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85a6eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.588,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72793,
    "c": 0.1074,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85A6EB

secondary

#F2EAD9

accent

#9512D4

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F7FD

border

#CFD0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #85A6EB

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

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