#85a6af

Color #85a6af

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.59 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#85a6af

RGB

rgb(133, 166, 175)

HSL

hsl(192.9, 20.8%, 60.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192.9, 24%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(24%, 5.1%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(66.02, -9.21, -8.37)

LCH

lch(66.02, 12.45, 222.26)

OKLCH

oklch(70.4%, 0.0385, 216.13)

HWB

hwb(192.9, 52.2%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#af8e85

Analogous

#85afa3

#85a6af

#8591af

Triadic

#85a6af

#af85a6

#a6af85

Split-complementary

#85a6af

#af8591

#afa385

Tetradic

#85a6af

#8e85af

#af8e85

#a6af85

Square

#85a6af

#a385af

#af8e85

#91af85

Shades

Color #85a6af mixed toward black.

#668f9b

#51737c

#3d565d

#29393e

#141d1f

Tints

Color #85a6af mixed toward white.

#99b5bc

#aec4ca

#c2d2d7

#d6e1e4

#ebf0f2

Tones

Color #85a6af mixed toward gray.

#89a4ac

#8ca2a8

#90a0a5

#939ea1

#979c9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9495ad · ΔE 16.4

Deuteranopia

#9290ac · ΔE 18.7

Tritanopia

#87abab · ΔE 4.8

Achromatopsia

#a0a0a0 · ΔE 11.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #85a6af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85a6af]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#85a6af (#85a6af) is rgb(133, 166, 175) in RGB.

No, #85a6af is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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