#85bbdb

Color #85bbdb

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 7.92 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#85bbdb

RGB

rgb(133, 187, 219)

HSL

hsl(202.3, 54.4%, 69%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(202.3, 39.3%, 85.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.3%, 14.6%, 0%, 14.1%)

LAB

lab(73.31, -9.56, -21.61)

LCH

lch(73.31, 23.63, 246.14)

OKLCH

oklch(76.6%, 0.0727, 235.02)

HWB

hwb(202.3, 52.2%, 14.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dba585

Analogous

#85dbd0

#85bbdb

#8590db

Triadic

#85bbdb

#db85bb

#bbdb85

Split-complementary

#85bbdb

#db8590

#dbd085

Tetradic

#85bbdb

#a585db

#dba585

#bbdb85

Square

#85bbdb

#d085db

#dba585

#90db85

Shades

Color #85bbdb mixed toward black.

#58a2ce

#3586b5

#286488

#1b435b

#0d212d

Tints

Color #85bbdb mixed toward white.

#99c6e1

#aed2e7

#c2dded

#d6e8f3

#ebf4f9

Tones

Color #85bbdb mixed toward gray.

#8cb9d4

#93b7cd

#9ab5c5

#a2b4be

#a9b2b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9fa0d4 · ΔE 16.8

Deuteranopia

#9c98d2 · ΔE 18.1

Tritanopia

#88cecd · ΔE 14.3

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 16.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #85bbdb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85bbdb]

Related colors

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Frequently asked questions

#85bbdb (#85bbdb) is rgb(133, 187, 219) in RGB.

No, #85bbdb 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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