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#85CDFD

#85cdfd ≈ Light Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#85cdfd is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.16% red, 80.39% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 47.43% cyan, 18.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 204°, with 96.77% saturation and 75.69% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sky Blue (#87cefa), ΔE 0.97.

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Relative luminance0.5574

Complementary

  1. #85cdfd
  2. #fdb585

Split complementary

  1. #85cdfd
  2. #fd8591
  3. #fdf185

Analogous

  1. #85fdf1
  2. #85cdfd
  3. #8591fd

Triadic

  1. #85cdfd
  2. #fd85cd
  3. #cdfd85

Tetradic

  1. #85cdfd
  2. #b585fd
  3. #fdb585
  4. #cdfd85

Square

  1. #85cdfd
  2. #f185fd
  3. #fdb585
  4. #91fd85

Monochromatic

  1. #048be5
  2. #3aaefc
  3. #85cdfd
  4. #d0ecfe
  5. #ebf7ff

Shades

#85cdfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #85cdfd
  2. #78b9e4
  3. #6aa4ca
  4. #5d90b1
  5. #507b98
  6. #43677f
  7. #355265
  8. #283e4c
  9. #1b2933
  10. #0d1519
  11. #000000

Tints

#85cdfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #85cdfd
  2. #91d2fd
  3. #9dd7fd
  4. #aadcfe
  5. #b6e1fe
  6. #c2e6fe
  7. #ceebfe
  8. #daf0fe
  9. #e7f5ff
  10. #f3faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#85cdfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #85cdfd
  2. #85c5f1
  3. #84bee4
  4. #84b6d8
  5. #83aecb
  6. #83a7bf
  7. #829fb2
  8. #8297a6
  9. #818f99
  10. #81888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afc8de ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8ccff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a7bffc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #4cd9dd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a6ccfe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9bc5fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #68d4ea ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-85cdfd {
  color: #85cdfd;
}
Background
.bg-85cdfd {
  background-color: #85cdfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-85cdfd {
  border: 2px solid #85cdfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #85cdfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 133 205 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 97% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-85cdfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #85cdfd, #8591fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-85cdfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(133 205 253 / 0.35);
}

#87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 0.97 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 3.28 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 4.13 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 5.51 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.72 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 9.59 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 10.09 #7a3202 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Light Sky Blue
#85cdfd  rgb(133, 205, 253)  hsl(204, 97%, 76%)  Light Sky Blue
#fdb585  rgb(253, 181, 133)  hsl(24, 97%, 76%)  Sandy Brown
#fd85cd  rgb(253, 133, 205)  hsl(324, 97%, 76%)  Persian Pink
#cdfd85  rgb(205, 253, 133)  hsl(84, 97%, 76%)  Inchworm