#85AEEF#85AEEF

#85AEEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.105 H 259.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85AEEF
RGB	rgb(133, 174, 239)
HSL	hsl(217, 77%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(217, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 27.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, 2.97, -36.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 36.91, 274.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0193 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.105 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3838, 41.4882, 87.5247)
Luminance	0.4149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85AEEF #EFC685

analogous

#85E3EF #85AEEF #9185EF

triadic

#85AEEF #EF85AE #AEEF85

tetradic

#85AEEF #EF85E3 #EFC685 #85EF91

square

#85AEEF #EF85E3 #EFC685 #85EF91

split-complementary

#85AEEF #EF9185 #E3EF85

monochromatic

#1D67DD #4F8AE8 #85AEEF #BBD2F6 #E4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#85AEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#85AEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85AEEF

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85AEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85AEEF	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B2F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA8EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CBCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85aeef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 174, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.105 259.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc6f4',
    500: '#85aeef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85aeef;
$custom-light: #adc6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85aeef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.792,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74649,
    "c": 0.10458,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85AEEF

secondary

#F3E9D8

accent

#8A0CD9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FD

border

#CFD1D5

text

#111217

muted

#808185

Preview Lab

Preview with #85AEEF

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

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