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#85EDED

#85eded ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#85eded is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.16% red, 92.94% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.88% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 180°, with 74.29% saturation and 72.55% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 3.35.

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Web safe#99ffff
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Relative luminance0.7167

Complementary

  1. #85eded
  2. #ed8585

Split complementary

  1. #85eded
  2. #ed85b9
  3. #edb985

Analogous

  1. #85edb9
  2. #85eded
  3. #85b9ed

Triadic

  1. #85eded
  2. #ed85ed
  3. #eded85

Tetradic

  1. #85eded
  2. #8585ed
  3. #ed8585
  4. #eded85

Square

  1. #85eded
  2. #b985ed
  3. #ed8585
  4. #b9ed85

Monochromatic

  1. #1cbdbd
  2. #42e3e3
  3. #85eded
  4. #c8f7f7
  5. #edfcfc

Shades

#85eded mixed progressively with black.

  1. #85eded
  2. #78d5d5
  3. #6abebe
  4. #5da6a6
  5. #508e8e
  6. #437777
  7. #355f5f
  8. #284747
  9. #1b2f2f
  10. #0d1818
  11. #000000

Tints

#85eded mixed progressively with white.

  1. #85eded
  2. #91efef
  3. #9df1f1
  4. #aaf2f2
  5. #b6f4f4
  6. #c2f6f6
  7. #cef8f8
  8. #dafafa
  9. #e7fbfb
  10. #f3fdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#85eded mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #85eded
  2. #85e2e2
  3. #84d7d7
  4. #84cccc
  5. #83c1c1
  6. #83b7b7
  7. #82acac
  8. #82a1a1
  9. #819696
  10. #818b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dcdcdc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bfe3e3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e1e4ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfd6ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #4ff3ed ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3e8ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b6e0ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #69f1ed ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-85eded {
  color: #85eded;
}
Background
.bg-85eded {
  background-color: #85eded;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-85eded {
  border: 2px solid #85eded;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #85eded;
  --color-primary-rgb: 133 237 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 180 74% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-85eded {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #85eded, #85b9ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-85eded {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(133 237 237 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 3.35 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 5.48 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 5.62 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 6.87 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 6.87 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 7.33 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 8.06 #7a1212 Inverted #dcdcdc Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#85eded  rgb(133, 237, 237)  hsl(180, 74%, 73%)  Electric Blue
#ed8585  rgb(237, 133, 133)  hsl(0, 74%, 73%)  Light Coral
#ed85ed  rgb(237, 133, 237)  hsl(300, 74%, 73%)  Violet
#eded85  rgb(237, 237, 133)  hsl(60, 74%, 73%)  Khaki