#85AFEF#85AFEF

#85AFEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.104 H 258.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85AFEF
RGB	rgb(133, 175, 239)
HSL	hsl(216, 77%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(216, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 26.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, 2.41, -36.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 36.46, 273.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0205 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.104 258.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.5777, 41.8760, 87.5893)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85AFEF #EFC585

analogous

#85E4EF #85AFEF #9085EF

triadic

#85AFEF #EF85AF #AFEF85

tetradic

#85AFEF #EF85E4 #EFC585 #85EF90

square

#85AFEF #EF85E4 #EFC585 #85EF90

split-complementary

#85AFEF #EF9085 #E4EF85

monochromatic

#1D69DD #4F8CE8 #85AFEF #BBD2F6 #E4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#85AFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#85AFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85AFEF

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85AFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85AFEF	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B3F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA9EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CBDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85afef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 175, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.104 258.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85afef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.226,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74859,
    "c": 0.10363,
    "h": 258.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85AFEF

secondary

#F3E8D8

accent

#880CD9

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F8FD

border

#CFD1D5

text

#111317

muted

#808285

Preview Lab

Preview with #85AFEF

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

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