#85b2ae

Color #85b2ae

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.19 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 11.2

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Conversions

HEX

#85b2ae

RGB

rgb(133, 178, 174)

HSL

hsl(174.7, 22.6%, 61%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(174.7, 25.3%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.3%, 0%, 2.2%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(69.39, -15.8, -2.84)

LCH

lch(69.39, 16.05, 190.19)

OKLCH

oklch(73%, 0.0483, 189.29)

HWB

hwb(174.7, 52.2%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b28589

Analogous

#85b298

#85b2ae

#85a0b2

Triadic

#85b2ae

#ae85b2

#b2ae85

Split-complementary

#85b2ae

#b285a0

#b29885

Tetradic

#85b2ae

#8589b2

#b28589

#b2ae85

Square

#85b2ae

#9885b2

#b28589

#a0b285

Shades

Color #85b2ae mixed toward black.

#659e99

#507f7b

#3c5f5c

#28403d

#14201f

Tints

Color #85b2ae mixed toward white.

#99bfbc

#aeccc9

#c2d9d7

#d6e5e4

#ebf2f2

Tones

Color #85b2ae mixed toward gray.

#89aeab

#8daba8

#90a7a5

#94a3a2

#989f9f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.98:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9baf · ΔE 21.3

Deuteranopia

#9894af · ΔE 24.5

Tritanopia

#88b0b0 · ΔE 2.3

Achromatopsia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 15.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #85b2ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85b2ae]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#85b2ae (#85b2ae) is rgb(133, 178, 174) in RGB.

No, #85b2ae 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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