#85bbe0

Color #85bbe0

A moderately saturated light blue.

Closest named color Light Sky Blue #87cefa · ΔE 8.08 Nearest Tailwind class blue-300 #8ec5ff · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#85bbe0

RGB

rgb(133, 187, 224)

HSL

hsl(204.4, 59.5%, 70%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204.4, 40.6%, 87.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.6%, 16.5%, 0%, 12.2%)

LAB

lab(73.48, -8.25, -24.07)

LCH

lch(73.48, 25.44, 251.08)

OKLCH

oklch(76.8%, 0.0776, 239.04)

HWB

hwb(204.4, 52.2%, 12.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e0aa85

Analogous

#85e0d8

#85bbe0

#858de0

Triadic

#85bbe0

#e085bb

#bbe085

Split-complementary

#85bbe0

#e0858d

#e0d885

Tetradic

#85bbe0

#aa85e0

#e0aa85

#bbe085

Square

#85bbe0

#d885e0

#e0aa85

#8de085

Shades

Color #85bbe0 mixed toward black.

#56a1d4

#3084be

#24638e

#18425f

#0c212f

Tints

Color #85bbe0 mixed toward white.

#99c6e5

#aed2ea

#c2ddf0

#d6e8f5

#ebf4fa

Tones

Color #85bbe0 mixed toward gray.

#8dbad8

#94b8d1

#9cb7c9

#a3b5c2

#abb4ba

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9fa0d8 · ΔE 15.8

Deuteranopia

#9c98d6 · ΔE 17.1

Tritanopia

#88d1d0 · ΔE 15.9

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 16.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #85bbe0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85bbe0]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#85bbe0 (#85bbe0) is rgb(133, 187, 224) in RGB.

No, #85bbe0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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