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Recognised as Colour

#85AAFC

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

#85AAFC is a blue with RGB values 133, 170, 252 and HSL 221°, 95%, 75%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#85AAFC#85AAFC
HEX#85AAFC
RGBrgb(133, 170, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.6667, 0.9882
RGB percentages52.2%, 66.7%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(221.3, 95.2%, 75.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.3, 47.2%, 98.8%)
CMYK47.2%, 32.5%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,760,060
CSS custom property--colour: #85AAFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40764WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.15:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#7A5503

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8BB1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#7EA6FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Tritanopia#54BBC8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 45.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 9.3Dodgerblue · ΔE 21.6Steel blue · ΔE 25.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.8Light skyblue · ΔE 27.3Medium purple · ΔE 32.1
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 9.33, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FCD785
Analogous#85E6FC, #9C85FC
Triadic#FC85AA, #AAFC85
Split complementary#FC9B85, #E6FC85
Tetradic#FC85E5, #FCD785, #85FC9B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E9EFFE
Lighter +10%#B7CDFD
Darker −10%#5387FB
Darker −20%#2165FA
Darker −30%#064AE2
Darker −40%#043AB1
More saturated +25%#82A9FF
Less saturated −25%#95B0EC

Channel breakdown

R133
G170
B252
Red133 (52.2%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue221.34°
Saturation (HSL)95.2%
Lightness75.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 85 · G AA · B FC

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