#85b1fa

Color #85b1fa

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 13.91 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#85b1fa

RGB

rgb(133, 177, 250)

HSL

hsl(217.4, 92.1%, 75.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(217.4, 46.8%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.8%, 29.2%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(71.78, 4.42, -40.8)

LCH

lch(71.78, 41.04, 276.18)

OKLCH

oklch(75.8%, 0.116, 260.22)

HWB

hwb(217.4, 52.2%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#face85

Analogous

#85ecfa

#85b1fa

#9385fa

Triadic

#85b1fa

#fa85b1

#b1fa85

Split-complementary

#85b1fa

#fa9385

#ecfa85

Tetradic

#85b1fa

#ce85fa

#face85

#b1fa85

Square

#85b1fa

#fa85ec

#face85

#85fa93

Shades

Color #85b1fa mixed toward black.

#488af7

#0a63f5

#084ab8

#05317b

#03193d

Tints

Color #85b1fa mixed toward white.

#99befb

#aecbfc

#c2d8fc

#d6e5fd

#ebf2fe

Tones

Color #85b1fa mixed toward gray.

#8fb3f0

#99b6e6

#a2b8dd

#acbbd3

#b6bdc9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.67:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9aeb · ΔE 10.9

Deuteranopia

#9794e7 · ΔE 12.2

Tritanopia

#88dedb · ΔE 26.1

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 21.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #85b1fa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85b1fa]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Royal Blue #4169e1

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#85b1fa (#85b1fa) is rgb(133, 177, 250) in RGB.

No, #85b1fa 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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