Colour

#85A7AA

#85A7AA
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#85A7AA is a cyan with RGB values 133, 167, 170 and HSL 185°, 18%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#85A7AA#85A7AA

HEX#85A7AA

RGBrgb(133, 167, 170)

RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.6549, 0.6667

RGB percentages52.2%, 65.5%, 66.7%

HSLhsl(184.9, 17.9%, 59.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(184.9, 21.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK21.8%, 1.8%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,759,210

CSS custom property--colour: #85A7AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35526WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness158 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.11:1

Contrast with white2.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0

Inverted#7A5855

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A2A4AAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#9B9FAAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original

Tritanopia#7AAAA8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 10.3 Dark grey · ΔE 12.5 Light slate grey · ΔE 14.6 Slate grey · ΔE 16.8 Silver · ΔE 16.8 Gray · ΔE 17.5

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 10.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#AA8885

Analogous#85AA9A, #8595AA

Triadic#AA85A7, #A7AA85

Split complementary#AA8595, #AA9B85

Tetradic#9A85AA, #AA8885, #95AA85

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FDFEFE

Lighter +30%#DFE8E9

Lighter +20%#C1D2D4

Lighter +10%#A3BDBF

Darker −10%#679195

Darker −20%#537476

Darker −30%#3E5658

Darker −40%#29393A

More saturated +25%#6BBDC4

Less saturated −25%#989898

Channel breakdown

R133

G167

B170

Red133 (52.2%)

Green167 (65.5%)

Blue170 (66.7%)

Hue184.86°

Saturation (HSL)17.87%

Lightness59.41%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 85 · G A7 · B AA

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