Recognised as Colour

#85AAA2

#85AAA2
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Cadetblue

#85AAA2 is a cyan with RGB values 133, 170, 162 and HSL 167°, 18%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#85AAA2#85AAA2

HEX#85AAA2

RGBrgb(133, 170, 162)

RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.6667, 0.6353

RGB percentages52.2%, 66.7%, 63.5%

HSLhsl(167, 17.9%, 59.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(167, 21.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK21.8%, 0%, 4.7%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,759,970

CSS custom property--colour: #85AAA2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36345WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness158.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.27:1

Contrast with white2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2

Inverted#7A555D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A7A5A2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A0A0A3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original

Tritanopia#7BABA7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 10.8 Dark grey · ΔE 14.5 Silver · ΔE 18 Gray · ΔE 19.4 Light slate grey · ΔE 19.6 Light blue · ΔE 20.8

Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 10.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AA858D

Analogous#85AA90, #859FAA

Triadic#A285AA, #AAA285

Split complementary#AA859F, #AA9085

Tetradic#9085AA, #AA858D, #A0AA85

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FDFEFE

Lighter +30%#DFE9E7

Lighter +20%#C1D4D0

Lighter +10%#A3BFB9

Darker −10%#67958B

Darker −20%#53766F

Darker −30%#3E5853

Darker −40%#293A37

More saturated +25%#6BC4B1

Less saturated −25%#989898

Channel breakdown

R133

G170

B162

Red133 (52.2%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue162 (63.5%)

Hue167.03°

Saturation (HSL)17.87%

Lightness59.41%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 85 · G AA · B A2

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