#85a8c1

Color #85a8c1

A muted light blue.

Closest named color Light Steel Blue #b0c4de · ΔE 12.31 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#85a8c1

RGB

rgb(133, 168, 193)

HSL

hsl(205, 32.6%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(205, 31.1%, 75.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(31.1%, 13%, 0%, 24.3%)

LAB

lab(67.16, -5.96, -16.67)

LCH

lch(67.16, 17.7, 250.33)

OKLCH

oklch(71.4%, 0.053, 239.52)

HWB

hwb(205, 52.2%, 24.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c19e85

Analogous

#85c1bc

#85a8c1

#858ac1

Triadic

#85a8c1

#c185a8

#a8c185

Split-complementary

#85a8c1

#c1858a

#c1bc85

Tetradic

#85a8c1

#9e85c1

#c19e85

#a8c185

Square

#85a8c1

#bc85c1

#c19e85

#8ac185

Shades

Color #85a8c1 mixed toward black.

#618eaf

#497390

#37566c

#253948

#121d24

Tints

Color #85a8c1 mixed toward white.

#99b6cb

#aec5d6

#c2d3e0

#d6e2ea

#ebf0f5

Tones

Color #85a8c1 mixed toward gray.

#8aa7bc

#8fa6b7

#94a5b2

#99a5ad

#9ea4a8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9596bb · ΔE 14.5

Deuteranopia

#9391ba · ΔE 15.7

Tritanopia

#87b7b6 · ΔE 13.1

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 13.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #85a8c1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85a8c1]

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Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#85a8c1 (#85a8c1) is rgb(133, 168, 193) in RGB.

No, #85a8c1 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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