#85ABE8#85ABE8

#85ABE8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.098 H 259.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85ABE8
RGB	rgb(133, 171, 232)
HSL	hsl(217, 68%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(217, 43%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 26.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, 2.69, -34.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 34.78, 274.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0177 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.098 259.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7966, 39.9363, 81.9925)
Luminance	0.3994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85ABE8 #E8C285

analogous

#85DDE8 #85ABE8 #9185E8

triadic

#85ABE8 #E885AB #ABE885

tetradic

#85ABE8 #E885DD #E8C285 #85E891

square

#85ABE8 #E885DD #E8C285 #85E891

split-complementary

#85ABE8 #E89185 #DDE885

monochromatic

#2666CC #5288DE #85ABE8 #B8CEF2 #E5EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#85ABE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#85ABE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85ABE8

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85ABE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85ABE8	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA5E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61B8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85abe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 171, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.098 259.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acc3ef',
    500: '#85abe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85abe8;
$custom-light: #acc3ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85abe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.97,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73701,
    "c": 0.0983,
    "h": 259.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85ABE8

secondary

#F1E7D8

accent

#8815D0

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #85ABE8

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

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