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Recognised as Colour

#85AAFE

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

#85AAFE is a blue with RGB values 133, 170, 254 and HSL 222°, 98%, 76%. 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

#85AAFE#85AAFE
HEX#85AAFE
RGBrgb(133, 170, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.6667, 0.9961
RGB percentages52.2%, 66.7%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(221.7, 98.4%, 75.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(221.7, 47.6%, 99.6%)
CMYK47.6%, 33.1%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,760,062
CSS custom property--colour: #85AAFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40892WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.18:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#7A5501

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8AB1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#7DA6FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Tritanopia#53BCC8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.2 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 text9.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 9Dodgerblue · ΔE 20.8Steel blue · ΔE 26Deep skyblue · ΔE 27.5Light skyblue · ΔE 28.3Medium purple · ΔE 31.5
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 8.98, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FED985
Analogous#85E7FE, #9C85FE
Triadic#FE85AA, #AAFE85
Split complementary#FE9D85, #E6FE85
Tetradic#FE85E7, #FED985, #85FE9D

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%#5287FE
Darker −20%#2064FD
Darker −30%#0248E8
Darker −40%#0139B6
More saturated +25%#84AAFF
Less saturated −25%#94B0EF

Channel breakdown

R133
G170
B254
Red133 (52.2%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue221.65°
Saturation (HSL)98.37%
Lightness75.88%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 85 · G AA · B FE

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