#85cdea

Color #85cdea

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 0.48 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#85cdea

RGB

rgb(133, 205, 234)

HSL

hsl(197.2, 70.6%, 72%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(197.2, 43.2%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.2%, 12.4%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(78.8, -15.07, -21.36)

LCH

lch(78.8, 26.14, 234.8)

OKLCH

oklch(81.1%, 0.0827, 225.44)

HWB

hwb(197.2, 52.2%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eaa285

Analogous

#85ead5

#85cdea

#859bea

Triadic

#85cdea

#ea85cd

#cdea85

Split-complementary

#85cdea

#ea859b

#ead585

Tetradic

#85cdea

#a285ea

#eaa285

#cdea85

Square

#85cdea

#d585ea

#eaa285

#9bea85

Shades

Color #85cdea mixed toward black.

#51b8e1

#249fd1

#1b779d

#125068

#092834

Tints

Color #85cdea mixed toward white.

#99d5ee

#aedef1

#c2e6f5

#d6eef8

#ebf7fc

Tones

Color #85cdea mixed toward gray.

#8ecae2

#96c6d9

#9ec2d1

#a7bfc8

#afbbc0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.92:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9aae3 · ΔE 20.5

Deuteranopia

#a59fe2 · ΔE 22.1

Tritanopia

#8adedd · ΔE 12.1

Achromatopsia

#c3c3c3 · ΔE 18.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #85cdea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85cdea]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#85cdea (#85cdea) is rgb(133, 205, 234) in RGB.

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

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