#85b0ef

Color #85b0ef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 17.08 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#85b0ef

RGB

rgb(133, 176, 239)

HSL

hsl(215.7, 76.8%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(215.7, 44.4%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.4%, 26.4%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(71.05, 1.86, -35.96)

LCH

lch(71.05, 36.01, 272.96)

OKLCH

oklch(75.1%, 0.1027, 257.8)

HWB

hwb(215.7, 52.2%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efc485

Analogous

#85e5ef

#85b0ef

#8f85ef

Triadic

#85b0ef

#ef85b0

#b0ef85

Split-complementary

#85b0ef

#ef8f85

#e5ef85

Tetradic

#85b0ef

#c485ef

#efc485

#b0ef85

Square

#85b0ef

#ef85e5

#efc485

#85ef8f

Shades

Color #85b0ef mixed toward black.

#4e8ce8

#1d6adb

#164fa4

#0e356e

#071a37

Tints

Color #85b0ef mixed toward white.

#99bdf2

#aecaf4

#c2d7f7

#d6e5fa

#ebf2fc

Tones

Color #85b0ef mixed toward gray.

#8eb1e6

#97b3dd

#9fb5d4

#a8b7cc

#b1b8c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9ae2 · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#9794df · ΔE 12.3

Tritanopia

#88d7d4 · ΔE 24.1

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 19.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #85b0ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85b0ef]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#85b0ef (#85b0ef) is rgb(133, 176, 239) in RGB.

No, #85b0ef 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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