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Recognised as Colour

#85A9FE

  • #85A9FE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#85A9FE is a blue with RGB values 133, 169, 254 and HSL 222°, 98%, 76%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#85A9FE#85A9FE
HEX#85A9FE
RGBrgb(133, 169, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.6627, 0.9961
RGB percentages52.2%, 66.3%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(222.1, 98.4%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(222.1, 47.6%, 99.6%)
CMYK47.6%, 33.5%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,759,806
CSS custom property--colour: #85A9FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40518WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.1:1
Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#7A5601

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#89B1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#7CA6FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original
Tritanopia#53BBC8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 8.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 20.3Steel blue · ΔE 26.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 28.1Light skyblue · ΔE 29Medium purple · ΔE 30.8
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 8.6, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEDA85
Analogous#85E5FE, #9E85FE
Triadic#FE85A9, #A9FE85
Split complementary#FE9D85, #E6FE85
Tetradic#FE85E5, #FEDA85, #85FE9E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EAF0FF
Lighter +10%#B8CDFE
Darker −10%#5285FE
Darker −20%#2062FD
Darker −30%#0246E8
Darker −40%#0137B6
More saturated +25%#84A9FF
Less saturated −25%#94AFEF

Channel breakdown

R133
G169
B254
Red133 (52.2%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue222.15°
Saturation (HSL)98.37%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 85 · G A9 · B FE

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