#85c9e7

Color #85c9e7

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 1.96 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#85c9e7

RGB

rgb(133, 201, 231)

HSL

hsl(198.4, 67.1%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.4, 42.4%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.4%, 13%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(77.59, -13.79, -21.59)

LCH

lch(77.59, 25.62, 237.43)

OKLCH

oklch(80.1%, 0.0807, 227.61)

HWB

hwb(198.4, 52.2%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e7a385

Analogous

#85e7d4

#85c9e7

#8598e7

Triadic

#85c9e7

#e785c9

#c9e785

Split-complementary

#85c9e7

#e78598

#e7d485

Tetradic

#85c9e7

#a385e7

#e7a385

#c9e785

Square

#85c9e7

#d485e7

#e7a385

#98e785

Shades

Color #85c9e7 mixed toward black.

#52b3dd

#2899cb

#1e7398

#144c65

#0a2633

Tints

Color #85c9e7 mixed toward white.

#99d2eb

#aedbef

#c2e4f3

#d6edf7

#ebf6fb

Tones

Color #85c9e7 mixed toward gray.

#8dc6df

#95c3d7

#9ec0cf

#a6bcc6

#aeb9be

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a8e0 · ΔE 19.6

Deuteranopia

#a39ddf · ΔE 21.2

Tritanopia

#89dbd9 · ΔE 13.1

Achromatopsia

#c0c0c0 · ΔE 17.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #85c9e7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85c9e7]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#85c9e7 (#85c9e7) is rgb(133, 201, 231) in RGB.

No, #85c9e7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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