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Recognised as Colour

#85E2DC

  • #85E2DC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#85E2DC is a cyan with RGB values 133, 226, 220 and HSL 176°, 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 Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#85E2DC#85E2DC
HEX#85E2DC
RGBrgb(133, 226, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.8863, 0.8627
RGB percentages52.2%, 88.6%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(176.1, 61.6%, 70.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.1, 41.2%, 88.6%)
CMYK41.2%, 0%, 2.7%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,774,364
CSS custom property--colour: #85E2DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64547WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness202 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.91:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CECECE
Inverted#7A1D23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8D9DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8CDDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original
Tritanopia#5CE6E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.7 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 text13.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 11.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.4Powder blue · ΔE 15.3Turquoise · ΔE 15.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 11.09, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2858B
Analogous#85E2AE, #85BAE2
Triadic#DC85E2, #E2DC85
Split complementary#E285BA, #E2AE85
Tetradic#AE85E2, #E2858B, #BAE285

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#D7F6F4
Lighter +10%#AEECE8
Darker −10%#5CD8D0
Darker −20%#33CEC4
Darker −30%#28A69E
Darker −40%#1E7D77
More saturated +25%#72F5EC
Less saturated −25%#98CFCC

Channel breakdown

R133
G226
B220
Red133 (52.2%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue176.13°
Saturation (HSL)61.59%
Lightness70.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 85 · G E2 · B DC

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