#85b3be

Color #85b3be

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.85 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#85b3be

RGB

rgb(133, 179, 190)

HSL

hsl(191.6, 30.5%, 63.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.6, 30%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(30%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(70.14, -12.61, -10.54)

LCH

lch(70.14, 16.43, 219.89)

OKLCH

oklch(73.8%, 0.0513, 214.12)

HWB

hwb(191.6, 52.2%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#be9085

Analogous

#85beac

#85b3be

#8596be

Triadic

#85b3be

#be85b3

#b3be85

Split-complementary

#85b3be

#be8596

#beac85

Tetradic

#85b3be

#9085be

#be9085

#b3be85

Square

#85b3be

#ac85be

#be9085

#96be85

Shades

Color #85b3be mixed toward black.

#629dab

#4b808c

#386069

#254046

#132023

Tints

Color #85b3be mixed toward white.

#99c0c9

#aeccd4

#c2d9de

#d6e6e9

#ebf2f4

Tones

Color #85b3be mixed toward gray.

#8ab0b9

#8eadb4

#93aab0

#98a7ab

#9da4a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9cbb · ΔE 20

Deuteranopia

#9895bb · ΔE 22.2

Tritanopia

#88b9b9 · ΔE 5.3

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 14.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #85b3be;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85b3be]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#85b3be (#85b3be) is rgb(133, 179, 190) in RGB.

No, #85b3be 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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