#85ebfa

Color #85ebfa

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 12.16 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-200 #a2f4fd · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#85ebfa

RGB

rgb(133, 235, 250)

HSL

hsl(187.7, 92.1%, 75.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.7, 46.8%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.8%, 6%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(87.63, -25.95, -16.51)

LCH

lch(87.63, 30.76, 212.47)

OKLCH

oklch(88.3%, 0.0975, 207.83)

HWB

hwb(187.7, 52.2%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fa9485

Analogous

#85facf

#85ebfa

#85b0fa

Triadic

#85ebfa

#fa85eb

#ebfa85

Split-complementary

#85ebfa

#fa85b0

#facf85

Tetradic

#85ebfa

#9485fa

#fa9485

#ebfa85

Square

#85ebfa

#cf85fa

#fa9485

#b0fa85

Shades

Color #85ebfa mixed toward black.

#48e1f7

#0ad7f5

#08a1b8

#056c7b

#03363d

Tints

Color #85ebfa mixed toward white.

#99eefb

#aef2fc

#c2f5fc

#d6f8fd

#ebfcfe

Tones

Color #85ebfa mixed toward gray.

#8fe4f0

#99dce6

#a2d5dd

#acced3

#b6c7c9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.26:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#babbf6 · ΔE 26.6

Deuteranopia

#b4acf6 · ΔE 29.3

Tritanopia

#8df4f3 · ΔE 6

Achromatopsia

#dcdcdc · ΔE 21.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #85ebfa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85ebfa]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#85ebfa (#85ebfa) is rgb(133, 235, 250) in RGB.

No, #85ebfa 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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