Recognised as Colour

#85D3EB

#85D3EB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#85D3EB is a cyan with RGB values 133, 211, 235 and HSL 194°, 72%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#85D3EB#85D3EB

HEX#85D3EB

RGBrgb(133, 211, 235)

RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.8275, 0.9216

RGB percentages52.2%, 82.7%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(194.1, 71.8%, 72.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(194.1, 43.4%, 92.2%)

CMYK43.4%, 10.2%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,770,539

CSS custom property--colour: #85D3EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57573WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness194.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.51:1

Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4

Inverted#7A2C14

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C4CFECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#B4C3EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original

Tritanopia#57DBDAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 3.8 Light blue · ΔE 11 Light skyblue · ΔE 11.6 Powder blue · ΔE 13.2 Pale turquoise · ΔE 16.2 Light steelblue · ΔE 17.2

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 3.84, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EB9D85

Analogous#85EBD0, #85A0EB

Triadic#EB85D3, #D3EB85

Split complementary#EB85A0, #EBD085

Tetradic#D085EB, #EB9D85, #A0EB85

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#DDF3F9

Lighter +10%#B1E3F2

Darker −10%#59C3E4

Darker −20%#2DB3DD

Darker −30%#1E94B9

Darker −40%#17718D

More saturated +25%#73DCFD

Less saturated −25%#97CAD9

Channel breakdown

R133

G211

B235

Red133 (52.2%)

Green211 (82.7%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue194.12°

Saturation (HSL)71.83%

Lightness72.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 85 · G D3 · B EB

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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