#85acea

Color #85acea

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 17.43 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#85acea

RGB

rgb(133, 172, 234)

HSL

hsl(216.8, 70.6%, 72%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.8, 43.2%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.2%, 26.5%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(69.77, 2.69, -35.22)

LCH

lch(69.77, 35.32, 274.37)

OKLCH

oklch(74%, 0.1, 259.45)

HWB

hwb(216.8, 52.2%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eac385

Analogous

#85dfea

#85acea

#9185ea

Triadic

#85acea

#ea85ac

#acea85

Split-complementary

#85acea

#ea9185

#dfea85

Tetradic

#85acea

#c385ea

#eac385

#acea85

Square

#85acea

#ea85df

#eac385

#85ea91

Shades

Color #85acea mixed toward black.

#5189e1

#2467d1

#1b4d9d

#123368

#091a34

Tints

Color #85acea mixed toward white.

#99baee

#aec8f1

#c2d6f5

#d6e3f8

#ebf1fc

Tones

Color #85acea mixed toward gray.

#8eaee2

#96b0d9

#9eb2d1

#a7b4c8

#afb6c0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9798dd · ΔE 10.1

Deuteranopia

#9592da · ΔE 11.5

Tritanopia

#87d2d0 · ΔE 23.8

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 19.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #85acea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85acea]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Royal Blue #4169e1

Frequently asked questions

#85acea (#85acea) is rgb(133, 172, 234) in RGB.

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

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