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Recognised as Colour

#85AAEE

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

#85AAEE is a blue with RGB values 133, 170, 238 and HSL 219°, 76%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#85AAEE#85AAEE
HEX#85AAEE
RGBrgb(133, 170, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.6667, 0.9333
RGB percentages52.2%, 66.7%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(218.9, 75.5%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(218.9, 44.1%, 93.3%)
CMYK44.1%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,760,046
CSS custom property--colour: #85AAEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39909WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.98:1
Contrast with white2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#7A5511

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#91AFF1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3 from the original
Deuteranopia#86A5EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Tritanopia#5EB8C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 14.3Steel blue · ΔE 20Light skyblue · ΔE 21.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 23.3Light steelblue · ΔE 25.3Sky blue · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 14.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEC985
Analogous#85DFEE, #9585EE
Triadic#EE85AA, #AAEE85
Split complementary#EE9585, #DEEE85
Tetradic#EE85DF, #EEC985, #85EE95

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFE8FA
Lighter +10%#B2C9F4
Darker −10%#588BE8
Darker −20%#2B6CE2
Darker −30%#1B55BF
Darker −40%#144193
More saturated +25%#74A5FF
Less saturated −25%#96AFDD

Channel breakdown

R133
G170
B238
Red133 (52.2%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue218.86°
Saturation (HSL)75.54%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 85 · G AA · B EE

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