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Recognised as Colour

#85AEEB

  • #85AEEB
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#85AEEB is a blue with RGB values 133, 174, 235 and HSL 216°, 72%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#85AEEB#85AEEB
HEX#85AEEB
RGBrgb(133, 174, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.6824, 0.9216
RGB percentages52.2%, 68.2%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(215.9, 71.8%, 72.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(215.9, 43.4%, 92.2%)
CMYK43.4%, 26%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,761,067
CSS custom property--colour: #85AEEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41257WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness171.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.25:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#7A5114

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97B1EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#8CA8EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Tritanopia#5FBBC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.1 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 text9.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 17Cornflower blue · ΔE 18.3Steel blue · ΔE 19Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.1Light steelblue · ΔE 21.5Sky blue · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 17.01, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EBC285
Analogous#85E1EB, #8F85EB
Triadic#EB85AE, #AEEB85
Split complementary#EB8F85, #E1EB85
Tetradic#EB85E1, #EBC285, #85EB8F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DDE8F9
Lighter +10%#B1CBF2
Darker −10%#5991E4
Darker −20%#2D74DD
Darker −30%#1E5CB9
Darker −40%#17468D
More saturated +25%#73ABFD
Less saturated −25%#97B1D9

Channel breakdown

R133
G174
B235
Red133 (52.2%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue215.88°
Saturation (HSL)71.83%
Lightness72.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 85 · G AE · B EB

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