#85deef

Color #85deef

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 9.92 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#85deef

RGB

rgb(133, 222, 239)

HSL

hsl(189.6, 76.8%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(189.6, 44.4%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.4%, 7.1%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(83.68, -22.39, -16.65)

LCH

lch(83.68, 27.9, 216.64)

OKLCH

oklch(85.1%, 0.0886, 211.14)

HWB

hwb(189.6, 52.2%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ef9685

Analogous

#85efcb

#85deef

#85a9ef

Triadic

#85deef

#ef85de

#deef85

Split-complementary

#85deef

#ef85a9

#efcb85

Tetradic

#85deef

#9685ef

#ef9685

#deef85

Square

#85deef

#cb85ef

#ef9685

#a9ef85

Shades

Color #85deef mixed toward black.

#4ecfe8

#1dbddb

#168da4

#0e5e6e

#072f37

Tints

Color #85deef mixed toward white.

#99e3f2

#aee9f4

#c2eef7

#d6f4fa

#ebf9fc

Tones

Color #85deef mixed toward gray.

#8ed8e6

#97d2dd

#9fccd4

#a8c6cc

#b1c0c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b4eb · ΔE 24.9

Deuteranopia

#ada6ea · ΔE 27.1

Tritanopia

#8be8e7 · ΔE 7

Achromatopsia

#d1d1d1 · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #85deef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85deef]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#85deef (#85deef) is rgb(133, 222, 239) in RGB.

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

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