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Recognised as Colour

#85E4EE

  • #85E4EE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Pale turquoise

#85E4EE is a cyan with RGB values 133, 228, 238 and HSL 186°, 76%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#85E4EE#85E4EE
HEX#85E4EE
RGBrgb(133, 228, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.8941, 0.9333
RGB percentages52.2%, 89.4%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(185.7, 75.5%, 72.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.7, 44.1%, 93.3%)
CMYK44.1%, 4.2%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,774,894
CSS custom property--colour: #85E4EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.66646WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness205.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.33:1
Contrast with white1.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#7A1B11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7DDEFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5D0EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.1 from the original
Tritanopia#51EBE7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.47:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.5Powder blue · ΔE 12.8Sky blue · ΔE 14.5Light blue · ΔE 14.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.6
Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 10.52, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE8F85
Analogous#85EEC3, #85B0EE
Triadic#EE85E4, #E4EE85
Split complementary#EE85B0, #EEC385
Tetradic#C385EE, #EE8F85, #B0EE85

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DFF8FA
Lighter +10%#B2EEF4
Darker −10%#58DAE8
Darker −20%#2BD0E2
Darker −30%#1BB0BF
Darker −40%#148793
More saturated +25%#74F2FF
Less saturated −25%#96D6DD

Channel breakdown

R133
G228
B238
Red133 (52.2%)
Green228 (89.4%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue185.71°
Saturation (HSL)75.54%
Lightness72.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 85 · G E4 · B EE

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