Colour

#85E9CB

#85E9CB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#85E9CB is a cyan with RGB values 133, 233, 203 and HSL 162°, 69%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#85E9CB#85E9CB

HEX#85E9CB

RGBrgb(133, 233, 203)

RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.9137, 0.7961

RGB percentages52.2%, 91.4%, 79.6%

HSLhsl(162, 69.4%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(162, 42.9%, 91.4%)

CMYK42.9%, 0%, 12.9%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,776,139

CSS custom property--colour: #85E9CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67576WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.52:1

Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#7A1634

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3DECAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35 from the original

Deuteranopia#D3D2CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original

Tritanopia#63EBE0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10.7 Aquamarine · ΔE 12 Turquoise · ΔE 13.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.5 Pale turquoise · ΔE 20.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 22

Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 10.7, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E985A3

Analogous#85E999, #85D5E9

Triadic#CB85E9, #E9CB85

Split complementary#E985D5, #E99985

Tetradic#9985E9, #E985A3, #D5E985

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#DBF9F0

Lighter +10%#B0F1DD

Darker −10%#5AE1B9

Darker −20%#2FD9A6

Darker −30%#21B488

Darker −40%#198968

More saturated +25%#73FBD2

Less saturated −25%#97D7C4

Channel breakdown

R133

G233

B203

Red133 (52.2%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue203 (79.6%)

Hue162°

Saturation (HSL)69.44%

Lightness71.76%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 85 · G E9 · B CB

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