#85AEED#85AEED

#85AEED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.102 H 258.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85AEED
RGB	rgb(133, 174, 237)
HSL	hsl(216, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(216, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 26.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, 2.41, -35.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 35.91, 273.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0198 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.102 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0900, 41.3706, 85.9772)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85AEED #EDC485

analogous

#85E2ED #85AEED #9085ED

triadic

#85AEED #ED85AE #AEED85

tetradic

#85AEED #ED85E2 #EDC485 #85ED90

square

#85AEED #ED85E2 #EDC485 #85ED90

split-complementary

#85AEED #ED9085 #E2ED85

monochromatic

#2068D8 #508BE5 #85AEED #BAD1F5 #E4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#85AEED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#85AEED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85AEED

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85AEED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85AEED	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA8EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DBCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85aeed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 174, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.102 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc6f3',
    500: '#85aeed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85aeed;
$custom-light: #adc6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85aeed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.346,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74558,
    "c": 0.10198,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85AEED

secondary

#F3E8D8

accent

#880FD6

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FD

border

#CFD1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #85AEED

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

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