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#85a3ca color: Paula Loves Paris

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214°
100%

OKLCH

70.7%
0.066
255°
  • ≈ Dark gray
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Dusty
  • Cool
  • slate-400
  • Black 21%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text2.60:1 · Below AALc -56
Black text8.09:1 · AALc 53

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About #85a3ca

#85a3ca is a dusty light blue color. In OKLCH it has 70.7% lightness, 0.066 chroma and a hue of 255°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 2.6:1 contrast and black text 8.09:1, 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: #85a3ca mixed with white

  1. 85a3ca
  2. 91accf
  3. 9db5d5
  4. a9beda
  5. b5c7e0
  6. c1d0e5
  7. cddaea
  8. d9e3ef
  9. e6ecf5
  10. f2f6fa

Darker: #85a3ca mixed with black

  1. 85a3ca
  2. 738daf
  3. 617895
  4. 50637c
  5. 404f64
  6. 303c4d
  7. 212a37
  8. 131922
  9. 060a0f
  10. 010102

Calmer: #85a3ca with less saturation

  1. 85a3ca
  2. 88a3c6
  3. 8ba3c2
  4. 8ea3be
  5. 90a2ba
  6. 93a2b6
  7. 96a2b1
  8. 99a1ad
  9. 9ba1a9
  10. 9ea1a5