#85d4df

Color #85d4df

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 10.61 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#85d4df

RGB

rgb(133, 212, 223)

HSL

hsl(187.3, 58.4%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.3, 40.4%, 87.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.4%, 4.9%, 0%, 12.5%)

LAB

lab(80.4, -21.46, -13.07)

LCH

lch(80.4, 25.13, 211.34)

OKLCH

oklch(82.3%, 0.0791, 206.99)

HWB

hwb(187.3, 52.2%, 12.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#df9085

Analogous

#85dfbd

#85d4df

#85a7df

Triadic

#85d4df

#df85d4

#d4df85

Split-complementary

#85d4df

#df85a7

#dfbd85

Tetradic

#85d4df

#9085df

#df9085

#d4df85

Square

#85d4df

#bd85df

#df9085

#a7df85

Shades

Color #85d4df mixed toward black.

#56c3d3

#31abbc

#25808d

#19565e

#0c2b2f

Tints

Color #85d4df mixed toward white.

#99dbe4

#aee2ea

#c2eaef

#d6f1f4

#ebf8fa

Tones

Color #85d4df mixed toward gray.

#8dced7

#94c9d0

#9cc3c8

#a3bdc1

#aab8b9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adaedc · ΔE 24.9

Deuteranopia

#a8a2dc · ΔE 26.8

Tritanopia

#8adada · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#c7c7c7 · ΔE 19.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #85d4df;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85d4df]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#85d4df (#85d4df) is rgb(133, 212, 223) in RGB.

No, #85d4df 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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