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Recognised as Colour

#85CCED

  • #85CCED
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#85CCED is a cyan with RGB values 133, 204, 237 and HSL 199°, 74%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#85CCED#85CCED
HEX#85CCED
RGBrgb(133, 204, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.8, 0.9294
RGB percentages52.2%, 80%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(199, 74.3%, 72.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199, 43.9%, 92.9%)
CMYK43.9%, 13.9%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,768,749
CSS custom property--colour: #85CCED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.54287WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.86:1
Contrast with white1.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#7A3312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBC9EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACBEEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Tritanopia#58D5D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 2.3Light skyblue · ΔE 6.1Light blue · ΔE 13.2Light steelblue · ΔE 14.8Powder blue · ΔE 17Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 2.31, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EDA685
Analogous#85EDDA, #8598ED
Triadic#ED85CC, #CCED85
Split complementary#ED8598, #EDDA85
Tetradic#DA85ED, #EDA685, #98ED85

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DEF1FA
Lighter +10%#B1DFF4
Darker −10%#59B9E6
Darker −20%#2CA7E0
Darker −30%#1C8ABD
Darker −40%#156A91
More saturated +25%#74D2FF
Less saturated −25%#97C6DC

Channel breakdown

R133
G204
B237
Red133 (52.2%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue199.04°
Saturation (HSL)74.29%
Lightness72.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 85 · G CC · B ED

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