Recognised as Colour

#85CECD

#85CECD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Powder blue

#85CECD is a cyan with RGB values 133, 206, 205 and HSL 179°, 43%, 66%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Powder blue.

Colour values

#85CECD#85CECD

HEX#85CECD

RGBrgb(133, 206, 205)

RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.8078, 0.8039

RGB percentages52.2%, 80.8%, 80.4%

HSLhsl(179.2, 42.7%, 66.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(179.2, 35.4%, 80.8%)

CMYK35.4%, 0%, 0.5%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,769,229

CSS custom property--colour: #85CECD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53537WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness187.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.71:1

Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#7A3132

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C5C7CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#B8BDCEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original

Tritanopia#68D2CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Powder blue · ΔE 11.9 Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.3 Light blue · ΔE 14.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.6 Sky blue · ΔE 16.7 Cadetblue · ΔE 17.3

Nearest named CSS colourPowder blue (#B0E0E6)ΔE 11.91, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CE8586

Analogous#85CEA9, #85ABCE

Triadic#CD85CE, #CECD85

Split complementary#CE85AB, #CEA985

Tetradic#A985CE, #CE8586, #ABCE85

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#F2FAFA

Lighter +20%#CEEBEB

Lighter +10%#A9DDDC

Darker −10%#61BFBE

Darker −20%#44A9A8

Darker −30%#358584

Darker −40%#276060

More saturated +25%#70E3E2

Less saturated −25%#9AB9B8

Channel breakdown

R133

G206

B205

Red133 (52.2%)

Green206 (80.8%)

Blue205 (80.4%)

Hue179.18°

Saturation (HSL)42.69%

Lightness66.47%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 85 · G CE · B CD

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