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Recognised as Colour

#85BCEE

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

#85BCEE is a blue with RGB values 133, 188, 238 and HSL 209°, 76%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#85BCEE#85BCEE
HEX#85BCEE
RGBrgb(133, 188, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.7373, 0.9333
RGB percentages52.2%, 73.7%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(208.6, 75.5%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.6, 44.1%, 93.3%)
CMYK44.1%, 21%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,764,654
CSS custom property--colour: #85BCEE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47126WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.43:1
Contrast with white2.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4
Inverted#7A4311

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8BDF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10 from the original
Deuteranopia#9AB2EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Tritanopia#5AC8CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.01:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 8.2Sky blue · ΔE 14.3Light steelblue · ΔE 16.2Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.6Steel blue · ΔE 21.9Light blue · ΔE 22
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 8.22, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EEB785
Analogous#85EEEC, #8588EE
Triadic#EE85BC, #BCEE85
Split complementary#EE8588, #EEEC85
Tetradic#EC85EE, #EEB785, #88EE85

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFEDFA
Lighter +10%#B2D5F4
Darker −10%#58A3E8
Darker −20%#2B8BE2
Darker −30%#1B71BF
Darker −40%#145793
More saturated +25%#74BDFF
Less saturated −25%#96BBDD

Channel breakdown

R133
G188
B238
Red133 (52.2%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue208.57°
Saturation (HSL)75.54%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 85 · G BC · B EE

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