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Recognised as Colour

#0085AD

  • #0085AD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#0085AD is a cyan with RGB values 0, 133, 173 and HSL 194°, 100%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#0085AD#0085AD
HEX#0085AD
RGBrgb(0, 133, 173)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.5216, 0.6784
RGB percentages0%, 52.2%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(193.9, 100%, 33.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.9, 100%, 67.8%)
CMYK100%, 23.1%, 0%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer34,221
CSS custom property--colour: #0085AD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19792WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.96:1
Contrast with white4.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.96:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#6C6C6C
Inverted#FF7A52

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7083AFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#5C75ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Tritanopia#009092no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.24:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 12Light slate grey · ΔE 23.3Slate grey · ΔE 23.4Cadetblue · ΔE 24.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 24.7Teal · ΔE 25.1
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 11.95, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AD2800
Analogous#00AD7F, #002EAD
Triadic#AD0085, #85AD00
Split complementary#AD002E, #AD7F00
Tetradic#7F00AD, #AD2800, #2EAD00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7AE0FF
Lighter +30%#47D4FF
Lighter +20%#14C9FF
Lighter +10%#00ACE0
Darker −10%#005E7A
Darker −20%#003747
Darker −30%#000F14
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0085AD
Less saturated −25%#167997

Channel breakdown

R0
G133
B173
Red0 (0%)
Green133 (52.2%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue193.87°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness33.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 85 · B AD

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