#85b6e6

Color #85b6e6

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 10.13 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#85b6e6

RGB

rgb(133, 182, 230)

HSL

hsl(209.7, 66%, 71.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(209.7, 42.2%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.2%, 20.9%, 0%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(72.33, -3.93, -29.09)

LCH

lch(72.33, 29.35, 262.31)

OKLCH

oklch(76%, 0.0867, 248.49)

HWB

hwb(209.7, 52.2%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e6b585

Analogous

#85e6e6

#85b6e6

#8586e6

Triadic

#85b6e6

#e685b6

#b6e685

Split-complementary

#85b6e6

#e68586

#e6e685

Tetradic

#85b6e6

#b585e6

#e6b585

#b6e685

Square

#85b6e6

#e685e6

#e6b585

#86e685

Shades

Color #85b6e6 mixed toward black.

#5398dc

#297ac9

#1f5b97

#153d64

#0a1e32

Tints

Color #85b6e6 mixed toward white.

#99c2ea

#aeceee

#c2dbf3

#d6e7f7

#ebf3fb

Tones

Color #85b6e6 mixed toward gray.

#8db6de

#95b6d6

#9db6ce

#a5b6c6

#adb6be

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.83:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9ddc · ΔE 13.4

Deuteranopia

#9a96d9 · ΔE 14.7

Tritanopia

#88d3d1 · ΔE 19.8

Achromatopsia

#b1b1b1 · ΔE 17.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #85b6e6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85b6e6]

Related colors

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

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Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#85b6e6 (#85b6e6) is rgb(133, 182, 230) in RGB.

No, #85b6e6 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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