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Recognised as Colour

#85AAE3

  • #85AAE3
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#85AAE3 is a blue with RGB values 133, 170, 227 and HSL 216°, 63%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#85AAE3#85AAE3
HEX#85AAE3
RGBrgb(133, 170, 227)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.6667, 0.8902
RGB percentages52.2%, 66.7%, 89%
HSLhsl(216.4, 62.7%, 70.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(216.4, 41.4%, 89%)
CMYK41.4%, 25.1%, 0%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,760,035
CSS custom property--colour: #85AAE3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39282WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.86:1
Contrast with white2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#7A551C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#95ADE6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8BA4E2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5 from the original
Tritanopia#64B6BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 17.2Steel blue · ΔE 17.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.5Light steelblue · ΔE 20.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.2Sky blue · ΔE 22.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 17.16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E3BE85
Analogous#85D9E3, #8F85E3
Triadic#E385AA, #AAE385
Split complementary#E38F85, #D9E385
Tetradic#E385D9, #E3BE85, #85E38F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D8E4F6
Lighter +10%#AEC7ED
Darker −10%#5C8DD9
Darker −20%#3270D0
Darker −30%#275AA8
Darker −40%#1D447F
More saturated +25%#72A6F6
Less saturated −25%#98AED0

Channel breakdown

R133
G170
B227
Red133 (52.2%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue227 (89%)
Hue216.38°
Saturation (HSL)62.67%
Lightness70.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 85 · G AA · B E3

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