#85AEEC#85AEEC

#85AEEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.101 H 258.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85AEEC
RGB	rgb(133, 174, 236)
HSL	hsl(216, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(216, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 26.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, 2.13, -35.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 35.41, 273.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0201 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.101 258.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9443, 41.3124, 85.2099)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85AEEC #ECC385

analogous

#85E1EC #85AEEC #9085EC

triadic

#85AEEC #EC85AE #AEEC85

tetradic

#85AEEC #EC85E1 #ECC385 #85EC90

square

#85AEEC #EC85E1 #ECC385 #85EC90

split-complementary

#85AEEC #EC9085 #E1EC85

monochromatic

#2169D5 #508BE4 #85AEEC #BAD1F4 #E5EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#85AEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#85AEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85AEEC

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85AEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85AEEC	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B2EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EBBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85aeec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 174, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.101 258.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc6f2',
    500: '#85aeec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85aeec;
$custom-light: #adc6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85aeec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.117,
    "s": 73.05,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74513,
    "c": 0.10068,
    "h": 258.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85AEEC

secondary

#F3E8D8

accent

#8710D5

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FD

border

#CFD1D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #85AEEC

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

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