Recognised as Colour

#85C8DA

#85C8DA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#85C8DA is a cyan with RGB values 133, 200, 218 and HSL 193°, 53%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#85C8DA#85C8DA

HEX#85C8DA

RGBrgb(133, 200, 218)

RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.7843, 0.8549

RGB percentages52.2%, 78.4%, 85.5%

HSLhsl(192.7, 53.5%, 68.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(192.7, 39%, 85.5%)

CMYK39%, 8.3%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,767,706

CSS custom property--colour: #85C8DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51357WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness184.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.27:1

Contrast with white1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#7A3725

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BCC4DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#AEB9DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.9 from the original

Tritanopia#63CFCDno 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 text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 6.3 Light blue · ΔE 9.9 Powder blue · ΔE 12.3 Light skyblue · ΔE 14.4 Light steelblue · ΔE 15.4 Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.4

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 6.34, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DA9785

Analogous#85DAC2, #859DDA

Triadic#DA85C8, #C8DA85

Split complementary#DA859D, #DAC285

Tetradic#C285DA, #DA9785, #9DDA85

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FAFDFE

Lighter +20%#D3EBF2

Lighter +10%#ACDAE6

Darker −10%#5EB6CE

Darker −20%#3AA3BF

Darker −30%#2E8298

Darker −40%#226071

More saturated +25%#71D3EE

Less saturated −25%#99BDC6

Channel breakdown

R133

G200

B218

Red133 (52.2%)

Green200 (78.4%)

Blue218 (85.5%)

Hue192.71°

Saturation (HSL)53.46%

Lightness68.82%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 85 · G C8 · B DA

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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