#85d3de

Color #85d3de

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 10.48 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#85d3de

RGB

rgb(133, 211, 222)

HSL

hsl(187.4, 57.4%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.4, 40.1%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.1%, 5%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(80.09, -21.21, -13)

LCH

lch(80.09, 24.88, 211.5)

OKLCH

oklch(82%, 0.0783, 207.12)

HWB

hwb(187.4, 52.2%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#de9085

Analogous

#85debc

#85d3de

#85a7de

Triadic

#85d3de

#de85d3

#d3de85

Split-complementary

#85d3de

#de85a7

#debc85

Tetradic

#85d3de

#9085de

#de9085

#d3de85

Square

#85d3de

#bc85de

#de9085

#a7de85

Shades

Color #85d3de mixed toward black.

#56c2d1

#32a9ba

#267f8c

#19555d

#0d2a2f

Tints

Color #85d3de mixed toward white.

#99dae3

#aee2e9

#c2e9ee

#d6f0f4

#ebf8f9

Tones

Color #85d3de mixed toward gray.

#8ccdd7

#94c8cf

#9bc2c8

#a3bdc0

#aab7b9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acaddb · ΔE 24.8

Deuteranopia

#a8a2db · ΔE 26.7

Tritanopia

#8ad9d9 · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#c7c7c7 · ΔE 19.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #85d3de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85d3de]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Light Blue #add8e6

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Frequently asked questions

#85d3de (#85d3de) is rgb(133, 211, 222) in RGB.

No, #85d3de is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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