#85ADE8#85ADE8

#85ADE8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.096 H 258.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85ADE8
RGB	rgb(133, 173, 232)
HSL	hsl(216, 68%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(216, 43%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 25.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, 1.57, -33.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 33.87, 272.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.0201 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.096 258)
XYZ	xyz(39.1772, 40.6976, 82.1193)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85ADE8 #E8C085

analogous

#85DEE8 #85ADE8 #8F85E8

triadic

#85ADE8 #E885AD #ADE885

tetradic

#85ADE8 #E885DE #E8C085 #85E88F

square

#85ADE8 #E885DE #E8C085 #85E88F

split-complementary

#85ADE8 #E88F85 #DEE885

monochromatic

#2669CC #528ADE #85ADE8 #B8D0F2 #E5EEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#85ADE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#85ADE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85ADE8

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85ADE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85ADE8	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA7E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60BAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85ade8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 173, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.096 258.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acc5ef',
    500: '#85ade8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85ade8;
$custom-light: #acc5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85ade8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.758,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74123,
    "c": 0.09642,
    "h": 258
  },
  "luminance": 0.407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85ADE8

secondary

#F1E7D8

accent

#8515D0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #85ADE8

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

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