Colour

#85D3EE

#85D3EE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#85D3EE is a cyan with RGB values 133, 211, 238 and HSL 195°, 76%, 73%. 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

#85D3EE#85D3EE

HEX#85D3EE

RGBrgb(133, 211, 238)

RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.8275, 0.9333

RGB percentages52.2%, 82.7%, 93.3%

HSLhsl(195.4, 75.5%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(195.4, 44.1%, 93.3%)

CMYK44.1%, 11.3%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,770,542

CSS custom property--colour: #85D3EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57748WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness194.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.55:1

Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4

Inverted#7A2C11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C3CFEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#B3C3EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original

Tritanopia#55DCDBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 2.7 Light skyblue · ΔE 10 Light blue · ΔE 11.6 Powder blue · ΔE 14.2 Light steelblue · ΔE 16.9 Pale turquoise · ΔE 17.4

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 2.7, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EEA085

Analogous#85EED5, #859FEE

Triadic#EE85D3, #D3EE85

Split complementary#EE859F, #EED585

Tetradic#D585EE, #EEA085, #9FEE85

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#DFF3FA

Lighter +10%#B2E3F4

Darker −10%#58C3E8

Darker −20%#2BB3E2

Darker −30%#1B95BF

Darker −40%#147293

More saturated +25%#74DBFF

Less saturated −25%#96CBDD

Channel breakdown

R133

G211

B238

Red133 (52.2%)

Green211 (82.7%)

Blue238 (93.3%)

Hue195.43°

Saturation (HSL)75.54%

Lightness72.75%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 85 · G D3 · B EE

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