#85dbe4

Color #85dbe4

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 10.56 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#85dbe4

RGB

rgb(133, 219, 228)

HSL

hsl(185.7, 63.8%, 70.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.7, 41.7%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.7%, 3.9%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(82.51, -23.69, -12.57)

LCH

lch(82.51, 26.82, 207.95)

OKLCH

oklch(84%, 0.0841, 204.28)

HWB

hwb(185.7, 52.2%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e48e85

Analogous

#85e4be

#85dbe4

#85ace4

Triadic

#85dbe4

#e485db

#dbe485

Split-complementary

#85dbe4

#e485ac

#e4be85

Tetradic

#85dbe4

#8e85e4

#e48e85

#dbe485

Square

#85dbe4

#be85e4

#e48e85

#ace485

Shades

Color #85dbe4 mixed toward black.

#54ccd9

#2cb7c5

#218994

#165b63

#0b2e31

Tints

Color #85dbe4 mixed toward white.

#99e1e9

#aee7ed

#c2edf2

#d6f3f6

#ebf9fb

Tones

Color #85dbe4 mixed toward gray.

#8dd5dc

#95ced4

#9dc8cc

#a5c1c4

#adbbbc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b2e2 · ΔE 25.8

Deuteranopia

#aca5e1 · ΔE 28.2

Tritanopia

#8be0e0 · ΔE 3.5

Achromatopsia

#cdcdcd · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #85dbe4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85dbe4]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#85dbe4 (#85dbe4) is rgb(133, 219, 228) in RGB.

No, #85dbe4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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