Recognised as Colour

#85CBFA

#85CBFA
Blue
Light
Nearest: Light skyblue

#85CBFA is a blue with RGB values 133, 203, 250 and HSL 204°, 92%, 75%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#85CBFA#85CBFA

HEX#85CBFA

RGBrgb(133, 203, 250)

RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.7961, 0.9804

RGB percentages52.2%, 79.6%, 98%

HSLhsl(204.1, 92.1%, 75.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(204.1, 46.8%, 98%)

CMYK46.8%, 18.8%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,768,506

CSS custom property--colour: #85CBFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54601WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness191.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.92:1

Contrast with white1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0

Inverted#7A3405

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B6CAFCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#A6BEF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original

Tritanopia#4FD7DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 2 Sky blue · ΔE 10 Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.2 Light steelblue · ΔE 17 Light blue · ΔE 19.1 Powder blue · ΔE 23.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 2.02, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FAB485

Analogous#85FAEE, #8591FA

Triadic#FA85CB, #CBFA85

Split complementary#FA8591, #FAEE85

Tetradic#EE85FA, #FAB485, #91FA85

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#E7F5FE

Lighter +10%#B6E0FC

Darker −10%#54B6F8

Darker −20%#23A1F6

Darker −30%#0988DD

Darker −40%#076AAC

More saturated +25%#80CCFF

Less saturated −25%#95C8EA

Channel breakdown

R133

G203

B250

Red133 (52.2%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue250 (98%)

Hue204.1°

Saturation (HSL)92.13%

Lightness75.1%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 85 · G CB · B FA

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