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#85BEE2

#85bee2 ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#85bee2 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.16% red, 74.51% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.15% cyan, 15.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 203.23°, with 61.59% saturation and 70.39% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 4.38.

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Relative luminance0.473

Complementary

  1. #85bee2
  2. #e2a985

Split complementary

  1. #85bee2
  2. #e2858f
  3. #e2d885

Analogous

  1. #85e2d8
  2. #85bee2
  3. #858fe2

Triadic

  1. #85bee2
  2. #e285be
  3. #bee285

Tetradic

  1. #85bee2
  2. #a985e2
  3. #e2a985
  4. #bee285

Square

  1. #85bee2
  2. #d885e2
  3. #e2a985
  4. #8fe285

Monochromatic

  1. #2875a6
  2. #479dd3
  3. #85bee2
  4. #c3dff1
  5. #eff6fb

Shades

#85bee2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #85bee2
  2. #78abcb
  3. #6a98b5
  4. #5d859e
  5. #507288
  6. #435f71
  7. #354c5a
  8. #283944
  9. #1b262d
  10. #0d1317
  11. #000000

Tints

#85bee2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #85bee2
  2. #91c5e5
  3. #9dcbe8
  4. #aad2eb
  5. #b6d8ee
  6. #c2dff1
  7. #cee5f3
  8. #daecf6
  9. #e7f2f9
  10. #f3f9fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#85bee2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #85bee2
  2. #85b8d8
  3. #84b2ce
  4. #84abc5
  5. #83a5bb
  6. #839fb1
  7. #8299a7
  8. #82939d
  9. #818c94
  10. #81868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5baca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aebde4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1b3e1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #61c7ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9fbde3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #97b7e2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #71c4d4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-85bee2 {
  color: #85bee2;
}
Background
.bg-85bee2 {
  background-color: #85bee2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-85bee2 {
  border: 2px solid #85bee2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #85bee2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 133 190 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 62% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-85bee2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #85bee2, #858fe2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-85bee2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(133 190 226 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 4.38 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 4.38 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 4.85 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 5.42 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.93 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.10 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.11 #7a411d Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#85bee2  rgb(133, 190, 226)  hsl(203, 62%, 70%)  Light Sky Blue
#e2a985  rgb(226, 169, 133)  hsl(23, 62%, 70%)  Tumbleweed
#e285be  rgb(226, 133, 190)  hsl(323, 62%, 70%)  Persian Pink
#bee285  rgb(190, 226, 133)  hsl(83, 62%, 70%)  June Bud