Recognised as Colour

#85E9D7

#85E9D7
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#85E9D7 is a cyan with RGB values 133, 233, 215 and HSL 169°, 69%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#85E9D7#85E9D7

HEX#85E9D7

RGBrgb(133, 233, 215)

RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.9137, 0.8431

RGB percentages52.2%, 91.4%, 84.3%

HSLhsl(169.2, 69.4%, 71.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(169.2, 42.9%, 91.4%)

CMYK42.9%, 0%, 7.7%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,776,151

CSS custom property--colour: #85E9D7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68171WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.63:1

Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D2D2D2

Inverted#7A1628

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1DFD6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#D0D2D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.4 from the original

Tritanopia#5DECE3no 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 text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 12.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.7 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.4 Pale turquoise · ΔE 15.7 Aquamarine · ΔE 16.8 Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.2

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 12.14, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E98597

Analogous#85E9A5, #85C9E9

Triadic#D785E9, #E9D785

Split complementary#E985C9, #E9A585

Tetradic#A585E9, #E98597, #C9E985

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#DBF9F3

Lighter +10%#B0F1E5

Darker −10%#5AE1C9

Darker −20%#2FD9BB

Darker −30%#21B49A

Darker −40%#198975

More saturated +25%#73FBE3

Less saturated −25%#97D7CB

Channel breakdown

R133

G233

B215

Red133 (52.2%)

Green233 (91.4%)

Blue215 (84.3%)

Hue169.2°

Saturation (HSL)69.44%

Lightness71.76%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 85 · G E9 · B D7

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