#85b3fb

Color #85b3fb

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 14.83 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#85b3fb

RGB

rgb(133, 179, 251)

HSL

hsl(216.6, 93.7%, 75.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.6, 47%, 98.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(47%, 28.7%, 0%, 1.6%)

LAB

lab(72.35, 3.59, -40.44)

LCH

lch(72.35, 40.6, 275.07)

OKLCH

oklch(76.3%, 0.1154, 259.11)

HWB

hwb(216.6, 52.2%, 1.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fbcd85

Analogous

#85eefb

#85b3fb

#9285fb

Triadic

#85b3fb

#fb85b3

#b3fb85

Split-complementary

#85b3fb

#fb9285

#eefb85

Tetradic

#85b3fb

#cd85fb

#fbcd85

#b3fb85

Square

#85b3fb

#fb85ee

#fbcd85

#85fb92

Shades

Color #85b3fb mixed toward black.

#478cf9

#0966f7

#064cba

#04337c

#02193e

Tints

Color #85b3fb mixed toward white.

#99c0fc

#aeccfc

#c2d9fd

#d6e6fe

#ebf2fe

Tones

Color #85b3fb mixed toward gray.

#8fb5f1

#99b7e7

#a3bade

#acbcd4

#b6beca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9cec · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#9895e8 · ΔE 12.7

Tritanopia

#88e0dd · ΔE 25.9

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 21.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #85b3fb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85b3fb]

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

#85b3fb (#85b3fb) is rgb(133, 179, 251) in RGB.

No, #85b3fb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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