Colour

#85ABFD

#85ABFD
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#85ABFD is a blue with RGB values 133, 171, 253 and HSL 221°, 97%, 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

#85ABFD#85ABFD

HEX#85ABFD

RGBrgb(133, 171, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.6706, 0.9922

RGB percentages52.2%, 67.1%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(221, 96.8%, 75.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(221, 47.4%, 99.2%)

CMYK47.4%, 32.4%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,760,317

CSS custom property--colour: #85ABFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41204WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness172.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.24:1

Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9

Inverted#7A5402

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#8CB2FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#7FA7FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2 from the original

Tritanopia#54BCC9no 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 text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 9.6 Dodgerblue · ΔE 21.7 Steel blue · ΔE 25.2 Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.5 Light skyblue · ΔE 27 Light steelblue · ΔE 32.2

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 9.59, clearly different but related

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FDD785

Analogous#85E7FD, #9B85FD

Triadic#FD85AB, #ABFD85

Split complementary#FD9B85, #E7FD85

Tetradic#FD85E7, #FDD785, #85FD9B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E9F0FF

Lighter +10%#B7CEFE

Darker −10%#5388FC

Darker −20%#2166FB

Darker −30%#044BE5

Darker −40%#033BB3

More saturated +25%#83AAFF

Less saturated −25%#94B1ED

Channel breakdown

R133

G171

B253

Red133 (52.2%)

Green171 (67.1%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue221°

Saturation (HSL)96.77%

Lightness75.69%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 85 · G AB · B FD

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Colour values

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