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Recognised as Colour

#85E9DC

  • #85E9DC
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#85E9DC is a cyan with RGB values 133, 233, 220 and HSL 172°, 69%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#85E9DC#85E9DC
HEX#85E9DC
RGBrgb(133, 233, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.9137, 0.8627
RGB percentages52.2%, 91.4%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(172.2, 69.4%, 71.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.2, 42.9%, 91.4%)
CMYK42.9%, 0%, 5.6%, 8.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer8,776,156
CSS custom property--colour: #85E9DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68432WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness206.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.69:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3
Inverted#7A1623

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E0DFDCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#CFD2DDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original
Tritanopia#5BEDE5no 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 text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.9Turquoise · ΔE 12.8Pale turquoise · ΔE 13.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.1Powder blue · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 11.93, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E98592
Analogous#85E9AA, #85C4E9
Triadic#DC85E9, #E9DC85
Split complementary#E985C4, #E9AA85
Tetradic#AA85E9, #E98592, #C4E985

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DBF9F5
Lighter +10%#B0F1E8
Darker −10%#5AE1D0
Darker −20%#2FD9C3
Darker −30%#21B4A1
Darker −40%#19897B
More saturated +25%#73FBE9
Less saturated −25%#97D7CF

Channel breakdown

R133
G233
B220
Red133 (52.2%)
Green233 (91.4%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue172.2°
Saturation (HSL)69.44%
Lightness71.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 85 · G E9 · B DC

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