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Recognised as Colour

#85ABE8

  • #85ABE8
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#85ABE8 is a blue with RGB values 133, 171, 232 and HSL 217°, 68%, 72%. 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

#85ABE8#85ABE8
HEX#85ABE8
RGBrgb(133, 171, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.6706, 0.9098
RGB percentages52.2%, 67.1%, 91%
HSLhsl(217, 68.3%, 71.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(217, 42.7%, 91%)
CMYK42.7%, 26.3%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,760,296
CSS custom property--colour: #85ABE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39939WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.99:1
Contrast with white2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#7A5417

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#95AFEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#8AA5E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Tritanopia#61B8C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.9 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 text8.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 17.7Light skyblue · ΔE 18.1Steel blue · ΔE 18.4Light steelblue · ΔE 21.8Deep skyblue · ΔE 22Sky blue · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 17.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8C285
Analogous#85DCE8, #9185E8
Triadic#E885AB, #ABE885
Split complementary#E89185, #DCE885
Tetradic#E885DC, #E8C285, #85E891

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DBE6F8
Lighter +10%#B0C9F0
Darker −10%#5A8DE0
Darker −20%#2F70D8
Darker −30%#2259B2
Darker −40%#1A4487
More saturated +25%#73A7FA
Less saturated −25%#97AFD6

Channel breakdown

R133
G171
B232
Red133 (52.2%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue216.97°
Saturation (HSL)68.28%
Lightness71.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 85 · G AB · B E8

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