#85AFEE#85AFEE

#85AFEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.102 H 258.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85AFEE
RGB	rgb(133, 175, 238)
HSL	hsl(216, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(216, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 26.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, 2.13, -35.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 35.96, 273.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.0208 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.102 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.4304, 41.8171, 86.8134)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85AFEE #EEC485

analogous

#85E4EE #85AFEE #8F85EE

triadic

#85AFEE #EE85AF #AFEE85

tetradic

#85AFEE #EE85E4 #EEC485 #85EE8F

square

#85AFEE #EE85E4 #EEC485 #85EE8F

split-complementary

#85AFEE #EE8F85 #E4EE85

monochromatic

#1E6ADA #4F8CE7 #85AFEE #BBD2F5 #E4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#85AFEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#85AFEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85AFEE

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85AFEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85AFEE	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5DBDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85afee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 175, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.102 258.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85afee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74814,
    "c": 0.10234,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85AFEE

secondary

#F3E8D8

accent

#870ED8

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FD

border

#CFD1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #85AFEE

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

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