Recognised as Colour

#85C7DA

#85C7DA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#85C7DA is a cyan with RGB values 133, 199, 218 and HSL 193°, 53%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#85C7DA#85C7DA

HEX#85C7DA

RGBrgb(133, 199, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.7804, 0.8549

RGB percentages52.2%, 78%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(193.4, 53.5%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(193.4, 39%, 85.5%)

CMYK39%, 8.7%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,767,450

CSS custom property--colour: #85C7DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50895WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness184.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.18:1

Contrast with white1.88:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#7A3825

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BAC3DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#ADB9DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.1 from the original

Tritanopia#63CECDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.88:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 6 Light blue · ΔE 10 Powder blue · ΔE 12.6 Light skyblue · ΔE 13.9 Light steelblue · ΔE 15 Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.9

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 5.95, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DA9885

Analogous#85DAC2, #859DDA

Triadic#DA85C7, #C7DA85

Split complementary#DA859D, #DAC285

Tetradic#C285DA, #DA9885, #9DDA85

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FAFDFE

Lighter +20%#D3EBF2

Lighter +10%#ACD9E6

Darker −10%#5EB5CE

Darker −20%#3AA1BF

Darker −30%#2E8098

Darker −40%#225F71

More saturated +25%#71D2EE

Less saturated −25%#99BCC6

Channel breakdown

R133

G199

B218

Red133 (52.2%)

Green199 (78%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue193.41°

Saturation (HSL)53.46%

Lightness68.82%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 85 · G C7 · B DA

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Colour values

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