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Recognised as Colour

#85DAD9

  • #85DAD9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#85DAD9 is a cyan with RGB values 133, 218, 217 and HSL 179°, 53%, 69%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#85DAD9#85DAD9
HEX#85DAD9
RGBrgb(133, 218, 217)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.8549, 0.851
RGB percentages52.2%, 85.5%, 85.1%
HSLhsl(179.3, 53.5%, 68.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179.3, 39%, 85.5%)
CMYK39%, 0%, 0.5%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,772,313
CSS custom property--colour: #85DAD9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60139WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness196.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.03:1
Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8
Inverted#7A2526

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D0D2D9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#C1C7DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Tritanopia#60DFD9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.5Powder blue · ΔE 12.6Light blue · ΔE 15.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.7Sky blue · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 10.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DA8586
Analogous#85DAAF, #85B1DA
Triadic#D985DA, #DAD985
Split complementary#DA85B1, #DAAF85
Tetradic#AE85DA, #DA8586, #B0DA85

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FAFEFE
Lighter +20%#D3F2F1
Lighter +10%#ACE6E5
Darker −10%#5ECECD
Darker −20%#3ABFBD
Darker −30%#2E9897
Darker −40%#227170
More saturated +25%#71EEEC
Less saturated −25%#99C6C6

Channel breakdown

R133
G218
B217
Red133 (52.2%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue217 (85.1%)
Hue179.29°
Saturation (HSL)53.46%
Lightness68.82%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 85 · G DA · B D9

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