#85ADEE#85ADEE

#85ADEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.104 H 259.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85ADEE
RGB	rgb(133, 173, 238)
HSL	hsl(217, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(217, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 27.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, 3.25, -36.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 36.87, 275.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0183 -0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.104 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0440, 41.0443, 86.6846)
Luminance	0.4105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85ADEE #EEC685

analogous

#85E1EE #85ADEE #9185EE

triadic

#85ADEE #EE85AD #ADEE85

tetradic

#85ADEE #EE85E1 #EEC685 #85EE91

square

#85ADEE #EE85E1 #EEC685 #85EE91

split-complementary

#85ADEE #EE9185 #E1EE85

monochromatic

#1E66DA #4F89E7 #85ADEE #BBD1F5 #E4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#85ADEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#85ADEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85ADEE

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85ADEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85ADEE	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DBBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85adee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 173, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.104 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc5f3',
    500: '#85adee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85adee;
$custom-light: #adc5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85adee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.143,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74394,
    "c": 0.10424,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85ADEE

secondary

#F3E9D8

accent

#8B0ED8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FD

border

#CFD1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #85ADEE

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

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