#85AEEA#85AEEA

#85AEEA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.098 H 257.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85AEEA
RGB	rgb(133, 174, 234)
HSL	hsl(216, 71%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(216, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 25.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, 1.57, -34.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 34.42, 272.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0207 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.098 257.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6554, 41.1968, 83.6882)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85AEEA #EAC185

analogous

#85E0EA #85AEEA #8F85EA

triadic

#85AEEA #EA85AE #AEEA85

tetradic

#85AEEA #EA85E0 #EAC185 #85EA8F

square

#85AEEA #EA85E0 #EAC185 #85EA8F

split-complementary

#85AEEA #EA8F85 #E0EA85

monochromatic

#246AD1 #518BE1 #85AEEA #B9D1F3 #E5EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#85AEEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#85AEEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85AEEA

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85AEEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85AEEA	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA8E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FBBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85aeea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 174, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.098 257.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acc6f1',
    500: '#85aeea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85aeea;
$custom-light: #acc6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85aeea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.644,
    "s": 70.629,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74423,
    "c": 0.09809,
    "h": 257.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85AEEA

secondary

#F2E8D9

accent

#8513D3

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FD

border

#CFD1D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #85AEEA

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

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