#85a7b0

Color #85a7b0

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.46 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#85a7b0

RGB

rgb(133, 167, 176)

HSL

hsl(192.6, 21.4%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192.6, 24.4%, 69%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.4%, 5.1%, 0%, 31%)

LAB

lab(66.33, -9.51, -8.46)

LCH

lch(66.33, 12.73, 221.66)

OKLCH

oklch(70.6%, 0.0395, 215.62)

HWB

hwb(192.6, 52.2%, 31%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b08e85

Analogous

#85b0a4

#85a7b0

#8591b0

Triadic

#85a7b0

#b085a7

#a7b085

Split-complementary

#85a7b0

#b08591

#b0a485

Tetradic

#85a7b0

#8e85b0

#b08e85

#a7b085

Square

#85a7b0

#a485b0

#b08e85

#91b085

Shades

Color #85a7b0 mixed toward black.

#66909c

#51747d

#3d575e

#283a3f

#141d1f

Tints

Color #85a7b0 mixed toward white.

#99b6bd

#aec4ca

#c2d3d8

#d6e2e5

#ebf0f2

Tones

Color #85a7b0 mixed toward gray.

#89a5ac

#8ca3a9

#90a1a5

#939fa2

#979d9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9595ae · ΔE 17.3

Deuteranopia

#9390ad · ΔE 19.4

Tritanopia

#87acac · ΔE 4.7

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 12.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #85a7b0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85a7b0]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Frequently asked questions

#85a7b0 (#85a7b0) is rgb(133, 167, 176) in RGB.

No, #85a7b0 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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