What color is #85A6C8?

#85A6C8 is a light, desaturated azure known as High Tide. It belongs to the blue family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #85A6C8?

The RGB value is 133, 166, 200: 133 red, 166 green and 200 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #85A6C8?

The complementary color is #C8A785, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #85A6C8?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.29:1 and white text 2.53:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#85A6C8 color

#85A6C8 rgb(133, 166, 200)

Shades of blue

The hex color #85A6C8 is a light, desaturated azure.

In the RGB color model it is made of 52.2% red, 65.1% green and 78.4% blue (133, 166, 200).

Its hue angle is 210°, with 38% saturation and 65% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 34% cyan, 17% magenta, 0% yellow and 22% black.

This exact color is also called High Tide.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 8.29:1).

#85A6C8 color codes

HEX	`#85A6C8`
RGB	`rgb(133, 166, 200)`
RGB percent	`rgb(52.2%, 65.1%, 78.4%)`
HSL	`hsl(210, 38%, 65%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(210, 34%, 78%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(34%, 17%, 0%, 22%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(66.85, -3.09, -21.03)`
CIE LCH	`lch(66.85, 21.25, 261.63)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(33.731, 36.428, 59.886)`
Decimal	`8758984`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #85A6C8, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #85A6C8	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	8.29:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.53:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#85A6C8 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.53:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	8.29:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #85A6C8 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #85a6c8; }
.text { color: #85a6c8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #85a6c8; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(133 166 200 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #85a6c8, #8685c8); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Dusty Blue.

Questions

What color is #85A6C8?: #85A6C8 is a light, desaturated azure known as High Tide. It belongs to the blue family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #85A6C8?: The RGB value is 133, 166, 200: 133 red, 166 green and 200 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #85A6C8?: The complementary color is #C8A785, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #85A6C8?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.29:1 and white text 2.53:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.