Recognised as Colour

#85ECED

#85ECED
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Pale turquoise

#85ECED is a cyan with RGB values 133, 236, 237 and HSL 181°, 74%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Pale turquoise.

Colour values

#85ECED#85ECED

HEX#85ECED

RGBrgb(133, 236, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.9255, 0.9294

RGB percentages52.2%, 92.5%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(180.6, 74.3%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(180.6, 43.9%, 92.9%)

CMYK43.9%, 0.4%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,776,941

CSS custom property--colour: #85ECED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71092WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.22:1

Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#7A1312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E0E3EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original

Deuteranopia#CED6EEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original

Tritanopia#4FF2ECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.22:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Pale turquoise · ΔE 10.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.2 Powder blue · ΔE 15.8 Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.4 Turquoise · ΔE 16.7 Aqua · ΔE 19.2

Nearest named CSS colourPale turquoise (#AFEEEE)ΔE 10.94, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ED8685

Analogous#85EDBA, #85B8ED

Triadic#ED85EC, #ECED85

Split complementary#ED85B8, #EDBA85

Tetradic#BA85ED, #ED8685, #B8ED85

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#DEFAFA

Lighter +10%#B1F3F4

Darker −10%#59E5E6

Darker −20%#2CDEE0

Darker −30%#1CBCBD

Darker −40%#158F91

More saturated +25%#74FDFF

Less saturated −25%#97DBDC

Channel breakdown

R133

G236

B237

Red133 (52.2%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue180.58°

Saturation (HSL)74.29%

Lightness72.55%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 85 · G EC · B ED

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Colour values

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