#85AEEE#85AEEE

#85AEEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.103 H 259.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85AEEE
RGB	rgb(133, 174, 238)
HSL	hsl(217, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(217, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 26.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, 2.69, -36.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 36.41, 274.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.0195 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.103 259.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2365, 41.4292, 86.7488)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85AEEE #EEC585

analogous

#85E3EE #85AEEE #9085EE

triadic

#85AEEE #EE85AE #AEEE85

tetradic

#85AEEE #EE85E3 #EEC585 #85EE90

square

#85AEEE #EE85E3 #EEC585 #85EE90

split-complementary

#85AEEE #EE9085 #E3EE85

monochromatic

#1E68DA #4F8AE7 #85AEEE #BBD2F5 #E4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#85AEEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#85AEEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85AEEE

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85AEEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85AEEE	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DBCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85aeee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 174, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.103 259.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85aeee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.571,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74604,
    "c": 0.10328,
    "h": 259.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85AEEE

secondary

#F3E8D8

accent

#890ED8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FD

border

#CFD1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #85AEEE

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

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