#85d5d9

Color #85d5d9

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 10.8 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#85d5d9

RGB

rgb(133, 213, 217)

HSL

hsl(182.9, 52.5%, 68.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(182.9, 38.7%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(38.7%, 1.8%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(80.51, -23.45, -9.71)

LCH

lch(80.51, 25.38, 202.49)

OKLCH

oklch(82.3%, 0.0787, 199.84)

HWB

hwb(182.9, 52.2%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d98985

Analogous

#85d9b3

#85d5d9

#85abd9

Triadic

#85d5d9

#d985d5

#d5d985

Split-complementary

#85d5d9

#d985ab

#d9b385

Tetradic

#85d5d9

#8985d9

#d98985

#d5d985

Square

#85d5d9

#b385d9

#d98985

#abd985

Shades

Color #85d5d9 mixed toward black.

#58c6cb

#37acb2

#2a8185

#1c5659

#0e2b2c

Tints

Color #85d5d9 mixed toward white.

#99dcdf

#aee3e6

#c2eaec

#d6f1f2

#ebf8f9

Tones

Color #85d5d9 mixed toward gray.

#8ccfd2

#93c8cb

#9ac2c4

#a1bcbd

#a8b5b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aeaed8 · ΔE 26.3

Deuteranopia

#a9a3d8 · ΔE 28.3

Tritanopia

#8ad7d7 · ΔE 1.6

Achromatopsia

#c8c8c8 · ΔE 19.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #85d5d9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85d5d9]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#85d5d9 (#85d5d9) is rgb(133, 213, 217) in RGB.

No, #85d5d9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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