#85e9f0

Color #85e9f0

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 10.52 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#85e9f0

RGB

rgb(133, 233, 240)

HSL

hsl(183.9, 78.1%, 73.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.9, 44.6%, 94.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.6%, 2.9%, 0%, 5.9%)

LAB

lab(86.78, -27.53, -12.54)

LCH

lch(86.78, 30.25, 204.49)

OKLCH

oklch(87.6%, 0.0944, 201.43)

HWB

hwb(183.9, 52.2%, 5.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f08c85

Analogous

#85f0c1

#85e9f0

#85b3f0

Triadic

#85e9f0

#f085e9

#e9f085

Split-complementary

#85e9f0

#f085b3

#f0c185

Tetradic

#85e9f0

#8c85f0

#f08c85

#e9f085

Square

#85e9f0

#c185f0

#f08c85

#b3f085

Shades

Color #85e9f0 mixed toward black.

#4edfe9

#1bd1dd

#149da6

#0e686f

#073437

Tints

Color #85e9f0 mixed toward white.

#99edf2

#aef0f5

#c2f4f7

#d6f8fa

#ebfbfc

Tones

Color #85e9f0 mixed toward gray.

#8ee1e7

#97d9de

#a0d2d5

#a9cacc

#b1c2c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9baee · ΔE 27.4

Deuteranopia

#b3abee · ΔE 30.3

Tritanopia

#8ceded · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#d9d9d9 · ΔE 21.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #85e9f0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85e9f0]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#85e9f0 (#85e9f0) is rgb(133, 233, 240) in RGB.

No, #85e9f0 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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