#85b7e7

Color #85b7e7

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 9.72 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#85b7e7

RGB

rgb(133, 183, 231)

HSL

hsl(209.4, 67.1%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(209.4, 42.4%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.4%, 20.8%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(72.64, -4.21, -29.16)

LCH

lch(72.64, 29.46, 261.78)

OKLCH

oklch(76.2%, 0.0873, 247.99)

HWB

hwb(209.4, 52.2%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e7b585

Analogous

#85e7e6

#85b7e7

#8586e7

Triadic

#85b7e7

#e785b7

#b7e785

Split-complementary

#85b7e7

#e78586

#e7e685

Tetradic

#85b7e7

#b585e7

#e7b585

#b7e785

Square

#85b7e7

#e685e7

#e7b585

#86e785

Shades

Color #85b7e7 mixed toward black.

#5299dd

#287bcb

#1e5c98

#143e65

#0a1f33

Tints

Color #85b7e7 mixed toward white.

#99c3eb

#aecfef

#c2dbf3

#d6e7f7

#ebf3fb

Tones

Color #85b7e7 mixed toward gray.

#8db7df

#95b7d7

#9eb7cf

#a6b6c6

#aeb6be

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.92:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9edd · ΔE 13.4

Deuteranopia

#9a96da · ΔE 15

Tritanopia

#88d4d2 · ΔE 19.7

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 17.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #85b7e7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85b7e7]

Related colors

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#85b7e7 (#85b7e7) is rgb(133, 183, 231) in RGB.

No, #85b7e7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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