#85ade4

Color #85ade4

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 15.41 Nearest Tailwind class blue-400 #51a2ff · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#85ade4

RGB

rgb(133, 173, 228)

HSL

hsl(214.7, 63.8%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.7, 41.7%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.7%, 24.1%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(69.81, 0.47, -31.9)

LCH

lch(69.81, 31.9, 270.84)

OKLCH

oklch(74%, 0.0912, 256.5)

HWB

hwb(214.7, 52.2%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4bc85

Analogous

#85dde4

#85ade4

#8c85e4

Triadic

#85ade4

#e485ad

#ade485

Split-complementary

#85ade4

#e48c85

#dde485

Tetradic

#85ade4

#bc85e4

#e4bc85

#ade485

Square

#85ade4

#e485dd

#e4bc85

#85e48c

Shades

Color #85ade4 mixed toward black.

#548cd9

#2c6cc5

#215194

#163663

#0b1b31

Tints

Color #85ade4 mixed toward white.

#99bbe9

#aec8ed

#c2d6f2

#d6e4f6

#ebf1fb

Tones

Color #85ade4 mixed toward gray.

#8daedc

#95b0d4

#9db1cc

#a5b2c4

#adb3bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.1:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9898d8 · ΔE 10.9

Deuteranopia

#9692d5 · ΔE 12.3

Tritanopia

#87cfcc · ΔE 22.5

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 18.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #85ade4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85ade4]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#85ade4 (#85ade4) is rgb(133, 173, 228) in RGB.

No, #85ade4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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