Recognised as Colour

#85ECDE

#85ECDE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#85ECDE is a cyan with RGB values 133, 236, 222 and HSL 172°, 73%, 72%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#85ECDE#85ECDE

HEX#85ECDE

RGBrgb(133, 236, 222)

RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.9255, 0.8706

RGB percentages52.2%, 92.5%, 87.1%

HSLhsl(171.8, 73%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.8, 43.6%, 92.5%)

CMYK43.6%, 0%, 5.9%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,776,926

CSS custom property--colour: #85ECDE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70251WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.05:1

Contrast with white1.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5

Inverted#7A1321

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3E2DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#D2D5DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original

Tritanopia#59F0E7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.4:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 12.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.4 Pale turquoise · ΔE 14.5 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.6 Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.5 Aquamarine · ΔE 18

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 12.33, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EC8593

Analogous#85ECAB, #85C6EC

Triadic#DE85EC, #ECDE85

Split complementary#EC85C6, #ECAB85

Tetradic#AB85EC, #EC8593, #C7EC85

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#DDFAF6

Lighter +10%#B1F3EA

Darker −10%#59E5D2

Darker −20%#2DDEC6

Darker −30%#1DBBA5

Darker −40%#168F7E

More saturated +25%#73FEEB

Less saturated −25%#97DAD1

Channel breakdown

R133

G236

B222

Red133 (52.2%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue222 (87.1%)

Hue171.84°

Saturation (HSL)73.05%

Lightness72.35%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 85 · G EC · B DE

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Colour values

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