Recognised as Colour

#85C2CB

#85C2CB
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light blue

#85C2CB is a cyan with RGB values 133, 194, 203 and HSL 188°, 40%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light blue.

Colour values

#85C2CB#85C2CB

HEX#85C2CB

RGBrgb(133, 194, 203)

RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.7608, 0.7961

RGB percentages52.2%, 76.1%, 79.6%

HSLhsl(187.7, 40.2%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(187.7, 34.5%, 79.6%)

CMYK34.5%, 4.4%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,766,155

CSS custom property--colour: #85C2CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47882WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness179.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.58:1

Contrast with white1.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6

Inverted#7A3D34

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B8BDCCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#ACB4CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.3 from the original

Tritanopia#6BC7C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.99:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light blue · ΔE 11.1 Sky blue · ΔE 11.7 Powder blue · ΔE 12.1 Cadetblue · ΔE 14.2 Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.1 Light steelblue · ΔE 17

Nearest named CSS colourLight blue (#ADD8E6)ΔE 11.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CB8E85

Analogous#85CBB1, #859FCB

Triadic#CB85C2, #C2CB85

Split complementary#CB859F, #CBB185

Tetradic#B185CB, #CB8E85, #9FCB85

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F0F8F9

Lighter +20%#CDE6E9

Lighter +10%#A9D4DA

Darker −10%#61B0BC

Darker −20%#4698A4

Darker −30%#377780

Darker −40%#27565D

More saturated +25%#6FD2E1

Less saturated −25%#9BB2B5

Channel breakdown

R133

G194

B203

Red133 (52.2%)

Green194 (76.1%)

Blue203 (79.6%)

Hue187.71°

Saturation (HSL)40.23%

Lightness65.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 85 · G C2 · B CB

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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