#85b7ef

Color #85b7ef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 12.01 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#85b7ef

RGB

rgb(133, 183, 239)

HSL

hsl(211.7, 76.8%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(211.7, 44.4%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.4%, 23.4%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(72.95, -2, -33.03)

LCH

lch(72.95, 33.09, 266.53)

OKLCH

oklch(76.6%, 0.0968, 251.88)

HWB

hwb(211.7, 52.2%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efbd85

Analogous

#85ecef

#85b7ef

#8885ef

Triadic

#85b7ef

#ef85b7

#b7ef85

Split-complementary

#85b7ef

#ef8885

#ecef85

Tetradic

#85b7ef

#bd85ef

#efbd85

#b7ef85

Square

#85b7ef

#ef85ec

#efbd85

#85ef88

Shades

Color #85b7ef mixed toward black.

#4e97e8

#1d77db

#1659a4

#0e3b6e

#071e37

Tints

Color #85b7ef mixed toward white.

#99c3f2

#aecff4

#c2dbf7

#d6e7fa

#ebf3fc

Tones

Color #85b7ef mixed toward gray.

#8eb7e6

#97b8dd

#9fb8d4

#a8b9cc

#b1b9c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9d9ee3 · ΔE 12.7

Deuteranopia

#9a96e0 · ΔE 14.4

Tritanopia

#88d9d7 · ΔE 21.7

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 19

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #85b7ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85b7ef]

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Slate Gray #708090

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Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#85b7ef (#85b7ef) is rgb(133, 183, 239) in RGB.

No, #85b7ef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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