#85b0ea

Color #85b0ea

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 15.22 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#85b0ea

RGB

rgb(133, 176, 234)

HSL

hsl(214.5, 70.6%, 72%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(214.5, 43.2%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.2%, 24.8%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(70.85, 0.46, -33.55)

LCH

lch(70.85, 33.55, 270.79)

OKLCH

oklch(74.9%, 0.0963, 256.06)

HWB

hwb(214.5, 52.2%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eabf85

Analogous

#85e2ea

#85b0ea

#8d85ea

Triadic

#85b0ea

#ea85b0

#b0ea85

Split-complementary

#85b0ea

#ea8d85

#e2ea85

Tetradic

#85b0ea

#bf85ea

#eabf85

#b0ea85

Square

#85b0ea

#ea85e2

#eabf85

#85ea8d

Shades

Color #85b0ea mixed toward black.

#518ee1

#246dd1

#1b529d

#123768

#091b34

Tints

Color #85b0ea mixed toward white.

#99bdee

#aecaf1

#c2d8f5

#d6e5f8

#ebf2fc

Tones

Color #85b0ea mixed toward gray.

#8eb1e2

#96b3d9

#9eb4d1

#a7b5c8

#afb6c0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.4:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9ade · ΔE 11.3

Deuteranopia

#9794db · ΔE 12.5

Tritanopia

#88d3d1 · ΔE 22.6

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 19.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #85b0ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85b0ea]

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

#85b0ea (#85b0ea) is rgb(133, 176, 234) in RGB.

No, #85b0ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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