#85dfef

Color #85dfef

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 10.62 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#85dfef

RGB

rgb(133, 223, 239)

HSL

hsl(189.1, 76.8%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(189.1, 44.4%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.4%, 6.7%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(83.96, -22.89, -16.23)

LCH

lch(83.96, 28.06, 215.34)

OKLCH

oklch(85.3%, 0.089, 210.14)

HWB

hwb(189.1, 52.2%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ef9585

Analogous

#85efca

#85dfef

#85aaef

Triadic

#85dfef

#ef85df

#dfef85

Split-complementary

#85dfef

#ef85aa

#efca85

Tetradic

#85dfef

#9585ef

#ef9585

#dfef85

Square

#85dfef

#ca85ef

#ef9585

#aaef85

Shades

Color #85dfef mixed toward black.

#4ed0e8

#1dbedb

#168fa4

#0e5f6e

#073037

Tints

Color #85dfef mixed toward white.

#99e4f2

#aeeaf4

#c2eff7

#d6f4fa

#ebfafc

Tones

Color #85dfef mixed toward gray.

#8ed9e6

#97d3dd

#9fccd4

#a8c6cc

#b1c0c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.52:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.8:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b4eb · ΔE 25.2

Deuteranopia

#aea7ea · ΔE 27.4

Tritanopia

#8be8e8 · ΔE 6.2

Achromatopsia

#d1d1d1 · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #85dfef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85dfef]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Frequently asked questions

#85dfef (#85dfef) is rgb(133, 223, 239) in RGB.

No, #85dfef 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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