#85AEFF#85AEFF

#85AEFF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.126 H 263.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85AEFF
RGB	rgb(133, 174, 255)
HSL	hsl(220, 100%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(220, 48%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 31.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, 7.55, -44.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 45.04, 279.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0149 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.126 263.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.8530, 42.4758, 100.5289)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85AEFF #FFD685

analogous

#85EBFF #85AEFF #9985FF

triadic

#85AEFF #FF85AE #AEFF85

tetradic

#85AEFF #FF85EB #FFD685 #85FF99

square

#85AEFF #FF85EB #FFD685 #85FF99

split-complementary

#85AEFF #FF9985 #EBFF85

monochromatic

#0B5DFF #4885FF #85AEFF #C2D7FF #E0EBFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#85AEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#85AEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85AEFF

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85AEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85AEFF	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FB4FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A9FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51BFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85aeff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 174, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.126 263.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec5ff',
    500: '#85aeff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85aeff;
$custom-light: #aec5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85aeff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.836,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75405,
    "c": 0.12567,
    "h": 263.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85AEFF

secondary

#F7EBD4

accent

#9800E6

background

#FBFCFF

surface

#F6F8FF

border

#D0D1D7

text

#111218

muted

#808186

Preview Lab

Preview with #85AEFF

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

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