Recognised as Colour

#85EEC4

#85EEC4
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#85EEC4 is a cyan with RGB values 133, 238, 196 and HSL 156°, 76%, 73%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

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HEX#85EEC4

RGBrgb(133, 238, 196)

RGB (0–1)0.5216, 0.9333, 0.7686

RGB percentages52.2%, 93.3%, 76.9%

HSLhsl(156, 75.5%, 72.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(156, 44.1%, 93.3%)

CMYK44.1%, 0%, 17.6%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,777,412

CSS custom property--colour: #85EEC4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70121WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.02:1

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

Contrast with black15.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D5D5D5

Inverted#7A113B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EAE1C2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#D9D5C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.2 from the original

Tritanopia#65EEE2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.4 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 text15.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 7.5 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.8 Turquoise · ΔE 16.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 22 Dark seagreen · ΔE 23.2 Aqua · ΔE 26.6

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 7.52, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EE85AF

Analogous#85EE90, #85E4EE

Triadic#C485EE, #EEC485

Split complementary#EE85E4, #EE9085

Tetradic#9085EE, #EE85AF, #E4EE85

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#DFFAEF

Lighter +10%#B2F4DA

Darker −10%#58E8AE

Darker −20%#2BE299

Darker −30%#1BBF7D

Darker −40%#149360

More saturated +25%#74FFC7

Less saturated −25%#96DDC1

Channel breakdown

R133

G238

B196

Red133 (52.2%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue196 (76.9%)

Hue156°

Saturation (HSL)75.54%

Lightness72.75%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 85 · G EE · B C4

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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