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Recognised as Colour

#85DAED

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

#85DAED is a cyan with RGB values 133, 218, 237 and HSL 191°, 74%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#85DAED#85DAED
HEX#85DAED
RGBrgb(133, 218, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.8549, 0.9294
RGB percentages52.2%, 85.5%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(191, 74.3%, 72.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191, 43.9%, 92.9%)
CMYK43.9%, 8%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,772,333
CSS custom property--colour: #85DAED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61244WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness199 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.25:1
Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#7A2512

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CBD5EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBC8EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Tritanopia#54E2E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 7.9Light blue · ΔE 11.7Powder blue · ΔE 12.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.4Light skyblue · ΔE 15.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.6
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 7.94, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED9885
Analogous#85EDCC, #85A6ED
Triadic#ED85DA, #DAED85
Split complementary#ED85A6, #EDCC85
Tetradic#CC85ED, #ED9885, #A6ED85

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DEF5FA
Lighter +10%#B1E7F4
Darker −10%#59CDE6
Darker −20%#2CBFE0
Darker −30%#1CA0BD
Darker −40%#157A91
More saturated +25%#74E5FF
Less saturated −25%#97CFDC

Channel breakdown

R133
G218
B237
Red133 (52.2%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue190.96°
Saturation (HSL)74.29%
Lightness72.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 85 · G DA · B ED

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