#85a3eb

Color #85a3eb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 11.35 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#85a3eb

RGB

rgb(133, 163, 235)

HSL

hsl(222.4, 71.8%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(222.4, 43.4%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.4%, 30.6%, 0%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(67.41, 8.04, -39.45)

LCH

lch(67.41, 40.26, 281.52)

OKLCH

oklch(72.2%, 0.1107, 266.38)

HWB

hwb(222.4, 52.2%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ebcd85

Analogous

#85d6eb

#85a3eb

#9a85eb

Triadic

#85a3eb

#eb85a3

#a3eb85

Split-complementary

#85a3eb

#eb9a85

#d6eb85

Tetradic

#85a3eb

#cd85eb

#ebcd85

#a3eb85

Square

#85a3eb

#eb85d6

#ebcd85

#85eb9a

Shades

Color #85a3eb mixed toward black.

#507be2

#2356d3

#1a419e

#112b69

#091635

Tints

Color #85a3eb mixed toward white.

#9ab2ee

#aec2f2

#c2d1f5

#d6e0f8

#ebf0fc

Tones

Color #85a3eb mixed toward gray.

#8ea7e3

#96aada

#9faed2

#a7b1c9

#b0b5c1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.49:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.44:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.44:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9393dc · ΔE 8

Deuteranopia

#918fd9 · ΔE 8.9

Tritanopia

#87d0cd · ΔE 26.6

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 21.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #85a3eb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85a3eb]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#85a3eb (#85a3eb) is rgb(133, 163, 235) in RGB.

No, #85a3eb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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