#85b2ed

Color #85b2ed

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 14.86 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#85b2ed

RGB

rgb(133, 178, 237)

HSL

hsl(214, 74.3%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214, 43.9%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.9%, 24.9%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(71.51, 0.19, -34.16)

LCH

lch(71.51, 34.16, 270.32)

OKLCH

oklch(75.4%, 0.0984, 255.46)

HWB

hwb(214, 52.2%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edc085

Analogous

#85e6ed

#85b2ed

#8c85ed

Triadic

#85b2ed

#ed85b2

#b2ed85

Split-complementary

#85b2ed

#ed8c85

#e6ed85

Tetradic

#85b2ed

#c085ed

#edc085

#b2ed85

Square

#85b2ed

#ed85e6

#edc085

#85ed8c

Shades

Color #85b2ed mixed toward black.

#4f90e5

#206fd7

#1853a1

#10386b

#081c36

Tints

Color #85b2ed mixed toward white.

#99bff0

#aeccf3

#c2d8f6

#d6e5f9

#ebf2fc

Tones

Color #85b2ed mixed toward gray.

#8db3e4

#96b4dc

#9fb5d3

#a8b7ca

#b0b8c2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9be1 · ΔE 11.7

Deuteranopia

#9894dd · ΔE 13.2

Tritanopia

#88d6d4 · ΔE 22.7

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 19.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #85b2ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85b2ed]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#85b2ed (#85b2ed) is rgb(133, 178, 237) in RGB.

No, #85b2ed 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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