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Recognised as Colour

#85DCED

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

#85DCED is a cyan with RGB values 133, 220, 237 and HSL 190°, 74%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#85DCED#85DCED
HEX#85DCED
RGBrgb(133, 220, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.8627, 0.9294
RGB percentages52.2%, 86.3%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(189.8, 74.3%, 72.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(189.8, 43.9%, 92.9%)
CMYK43.9%, 7.2%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,772,845
CSS custom property--colour: #85DCED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62287WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.46:1
Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#7A2312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CED6EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#BDC9EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.5 from the original
Tritanopia#54E4E1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 9.4Powder blue · ΔE 12Light blue · ΔE 12.1Pale turquoise · ΔE 12.5Light skyblue · ΔE 16.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 9.35, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED9685
Analogous#85EDCA, #85A8ED
Triadic#ED85DC, #DCED85
Split complementary#ED85A8, #EDCA85
Tetradic#CA85ED, #ED9685, #A8ED85

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DEF6FA
Lighter +10%#B1E9F4
Darker −10%#59CFE6
Darker −20%#2CC3E0
Darker −30%#1CA3BD
Darker −40%#157D91
More saturated +25%#74E8FF
Less saturated −25%#97D0DC

Channel breakdown

R133
G220
B237
Red133 (52.2%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue189.81°
Saturation (HSL)74.29%
Lightness72.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 85 · G DC · B ED

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