#85AAEE#85AAEE

#85AAEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.107 H 262.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85AAEE
RGB	rgb(133, 170, 238)
HSL	hsl(219, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(219, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, 4.93, -37.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 38.30, 277.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.0147 -0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.107 262.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.4752, 39.9067, 86.4950)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85AAEE #EEC985

analogous

#85DFEE #85AAEE #9485EE

triadic

#85AAEE #EE85AA #AAEE85

tetradic

#85AAEE #EE85DF #EEC985 #85EE94

square

#85AAEE #EE85DF #EEC985 #85EE94

split-complementary

#85AAEE #EE9485 #DFEE85

monochromatic

#1E61DA #4F85E7 #85AAEE #BBCFF5 #E4ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#85AAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#85AAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85AAEE

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85AAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85AAEE	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91AFF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EB8C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85aaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 170, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.107 262.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc3f4',
    500: '#85aaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85aaee;
$custom-light: #adc3f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85aaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.857,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73766,
    "c": 0.10723,
    "h": 262.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85AAEE

secondary

#F3E9D8

accent

#910ED8

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F5F7FD

border

#CFD0D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #85AAEE

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

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