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Recognised as Colour

#85E2DB

  • #85E2DB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#85E2DB is a cyan with RGB values 133, 226, 219 and HSL 175°, 62%, 70%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#85E2DB#85E2DB
HEX#85E2DB
RGBrgb(133, 226, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.8863, 0.8588
RGB percentages52.2%, 88.6%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(175.5, 61.6%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.5, 41.2%, 88.6%)
CMYK41.2%, 0%, 3.1%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,774,363
CSS custom property--colour: #85E2DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64494WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.9:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#7A1D24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D9D9DBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8CDDCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.7 from the original
Tritanopia#5DE6E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.3Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.3Turquoise · ΔE 15.1Powder blue · ΔE 15.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 11.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2858C
Analogous#85E2AD, #85BBE2
Triadic#DB85E2, #E2DB85
Split complementary#E285BB, #E2AD85
Tetradic#AD85E2, #E2858C, #BAE285

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D7F6F3
Lighter +10%#AEECE7
Darker −10%#5CD8CF
Darker −20%#33CEC3
Darker −30%#28A69D
Darker −40%#1E7D76
More saturated +25%#72F5EB
Less saturated −25%#98CFCB

Channel breakdown

R133
G226
B219
Red133 (52.2%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue175.48°
Saturation (HSL)61.59%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 85 · G E2 · B DB

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