#85cbd5

Color #85cbd5

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 10.54 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#85cbd5

RGB

rgb(133, 203, 213)

HSL

hsl(187.5, 48.8%, 67.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.5, 37.6%, 83.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(37.6%, 4.7%, 0%, 16.5%)

LAB

lab(77.58, -19.42, -11.93)

LCH

lch(77.58, 22.79, 211.56)

OKLCH

oklch(79.9%, 0.0715, 207.21)

HWB

hwb(187.5, 52.2%, 16.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d58f85

Analogous

#85d5b7

#85cbd5

#85a3d5

Triadic

#85cbd5

#d585cb

#cbd585

Split-complementary

#85cbd5

#d585a3

#d5b785

Tetradic

#85cbd5

#8f85d5

#d58f85

#cbd585

Square

#85cbd5

#b785d5

#d58f85

#a3d585

Shades

Color #85cbd5 mixed toward black.

#5ab9c6

#3b9dac

#2c7681

#1e4f56

#0f272b

Tints

Color #85cbd5 mixed toward white.

#99d4dc

#aedce3

#c2e5ea

#d6eef1

#ebf6f8

Tones

Color #85cbd5 mixed toward gray.

#8bc6ce

#92c1c8

#99bcc1

#a0b7ba

#a6b2b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a9d3 · ΔE 24.2

Deuteranopia

#a49ed2 · ΔE 26.1

Tritanopia

#8ad1d0 · ΔE 4.6

Achromatopsia

#c0c0c0 · ΔE 18.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #85cbd5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85cbd5]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Light Blue #add8e6

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Frequently asked questions

#85cbd5 (#85cbd5) is rgb(133, 203, 213) in RGB.

No, #85cbd5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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