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Recognised as Colour

#85C7FF

  • #85C7FF
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#85C7FF is a blue with RGB values 133, 199, 255 and HSL 208°, 100%, 76%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#85C7FF#85C7FF
HEX#85C7FF
RGBrgb(133, 199, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.7804, 1
RGB percentages52.2%, 78%, 100%
HSLhsl(207.5, 100%, 76.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.5, 47.8%, 100%)
CMYK47.8%, 22%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,767,487
CSS custom property--colour: #85C7FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53053WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.61:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#7A3800

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0C8FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0BBFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original
Tritanopia#4CD4DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 7.4Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.3Sky blue · ΔE 15.4Light steelblue · ΔE 19.4Light blue · ΔE 23.7Steel blue · ΔE 25.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 7.4, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FFBD85
Analogous#85FFFA, #858AFF
Triadic#FF85C7, #C7FF85
Split complementary#FF858A, #FFFA85
Tetradic#FA85FF, #FFBD85, #8AFF85

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#EBF6FF
Lighter +10%#B8DEFF
Darker −10%#52B0FF
Darker −20%#1F98FF
Darker −30%#007FEB
Darker −40%#0064B8
More saturated +25%#85C7FF
Less saturated −25%#94C6F0

Channel breakdown

R133
G199
B255
Red133 (52.2%)
Green199 (78%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue207.54°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness76.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 85 · G C7 · B FF

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