#85ACEE#85ACEE

#85ACEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.105 H 260.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85ACEE
RGB	rgb(133, 172, 238)
HSL	hsl(218, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(218, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 27.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, 3.81, -37.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 37.34, 275.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0171 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.105 260.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8530, 40.6622, 86.6210)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85ACEE #EEC785

analogous

#85E1EE #85ACEE #9285EE

triadic

#85ACEE #EE85AC #ACEE85

tetradic

#85ACEE #EE85E1 #EEC785 #85EE92

square

#85ACEE #EE85E1 #EEC785 #85EE92

split-complementary

#85ACEE #EE9285 #E1EE85

monochromatic

#1E64DA #4F87E7 #85ACEE #BBD1F5 #E4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#85ACEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#85ACEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85ACEE

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85ACEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85ACEE	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DBAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85acee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 172, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.105 260.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc4f3',
    500: '#85acee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85acee;
$custom-light: #adc4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85acee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.714,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74184,
    "c": 0.10521,
    "h": 260.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85ACEE

secondary

#F3E9D8

accent

#8D0ED8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FD

border

#CFD1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #85ACEE

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

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