#85e5ef

Color #85e5ef

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 10.57 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#85e5ef

RGB

rgb(133, 229, 239)

HSL

hsl(185.7, 76.8%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.7, 44.4%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.4%, 4.2%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(85.63, -25.84, -13.73)

LCH

lch(85.63, 29.26, 207.98)

OKLCH

oklch(86.6%, 0.0919, 204.28)

HWB

hwb(185.7, 52.2%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ef8f85

Analogous

#85efc4

#85e5ef

#85b0ef

Triadic

#85e5ef

#ef85e5

#e5ef85

Split-complementary

#85e5ef

#ef85b0

#efc485

Tetradic

#85e5ef

#8f85ef

#ef8f85

#e5ef85

Square

#85e5ef

#c485ef

#ef8f85

#b0ef85

Shades

Color #85e5ef mixed toward black.

#4ed9e8

#1dc9db

#1697a4

#0e656e

#073237

Tints

Color #85e5ef mixed toward white.

#99e9f2

#aeeef4

#c2f2f7

#d6f6fa

#ebfbfc

Tones

Color #85e5ef mixed toward gray.

#8edee6

#97d7dd

#9fcfd4

#a8c8cc

#b1c1c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b8ed · ΔE 26.6

Deuteranopia

#b1a9ec · ΔE 29.4

Tritanopia

#8cebea · ΔE 4.2

Achromatopsia

#d6d6d6 · ΔE 20.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #85e5ef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85e5ef]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#85e5ef (#85e5ef) is rgb(133, 229, 239) in RGB.

No, #85e5ef 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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