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#85a1cd color: Paula Loves Paris

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217°
100%

OKLCH

70.4%
0.072
259°
  • ≈ Dark gray
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 20%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.63:1 · Below AALc -56
Black text7.98:1 · AALc 53

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About #85a1cd

#85a1cd is a dusty light blue color. In OKLCH it has 70.4% lightness, 0.072 chroma and a hue of 259°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.63:1 contrast and black text 7.98:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Paula Loves Paris (#80a4cd). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-400.

More light blue colors

Lighter: #85a1cd mixed with white

  1. 85a1cd
  2. 91aad2
  3. 9db3d7
  4. a8bddd
  5. b5c6e2
  6. c1cfe7
  7. cdd9ec
  8. d9e2f0
  9. e6ecf5
  10. f2f5fa

Darker: #85a1cd mixed with black

  1. 85a1cd
  2. 738bb2
  3. 617698
  4. 50627e
  5. 404e66
  6. 303c4e
  7. 212a38
  8. 131923
  9. 06090f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #85a1cd with less saturation

  1. 85a1cd
  2. 88a1c9
  3. 8ba1c4
  4. 8da1c0
  5. 90a1bb
  6. 93a1b7
  7. 95a0b2
  8. 98a0ad
  9. 9aa0a9
  10. 9da0a4