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Recognised as Colour

#85B0C4

  • #85B0C4
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light steelblue

#85B0C4 is a cyan with RGB values 133, 176, 196 and HSL 199°, 35%, 65%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light steelblue.

Colour values

#85B0C4#85B0C4
HEX#85B0C4
RGBrgb(133, 176, 196)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.6902, 0.7686
RGB percentages52.2%, 69%, 76.9%
HSLhsl(199, 34.8%, 64.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199, 32.1%, 76.9%)
CMYK32.1%, 10.2%, 0%, 23.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,761,540
CSS custom property--colour: #85B0C4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40023WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#7A4F3B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6AEC5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#9CA6C4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Tritanopia#70B6B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light steelblue · ΔE 12.2Sky blue · ΔE 12.8Light blue · ΔE 14.8Cadetblue · ΔE 15.1Light slate grey · ΔE 15.8Light skyblue · ΔE 17.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight steelblue (#B0C4DE)ΔE 12.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C49985
Analogous#85C4B9, #8591C4
Triadic#C485B0, #B0C485
Split complementary#C48591, #C4B985
Tetradic#B985C4, #C49985, #91C485

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#ECF3F6
Lighter +20%#CADDE5
Lighter +10%#A7C6D5
Darker −10%#639AB3
Darker −20%#4A8099
Darker −30%#396377
Darker −40%#294654
More saturated +25%#6EB8DB
Less saturated −25%#9CA8AD

Channel breakdown

R133
G176
B196
Red133 (52.2%)
Green176 (69%)
Blue196 (76.9%)
Hue199.05°
Saturation (HSL)34.81%
Lightness64.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 85 · G B0 · B C4

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