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#85FFFF

#85ffff ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#85ffff is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.16% red, 100% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 47.84% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 180°, with 100% saturation and 76.08% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 17.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 2.36.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#99ffff
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Relative luminance0.8373

Complementary

  1. #85ffff
  2. #ff8585

Split complementary

  1. #85ffff
  2. #ff85c2
  3. #ffc285

Analogous

  1. #85ffc2
  2. #85ffff
  3. #85c2ff

Triadic

  1. #85ffff
  2. #ff85ff
  3. #ffff85

Tetradic

  1. #85ffff
  2. #8585ff
  3. #ff8585
  4. #ffff85

Square

  1. #85ffff
  2. #c285ff
  3. #ff8585
  4. #c2ff85

Monochromatic

  1. #00ebeb
  2. #39ffff
  3. #85ffff
  4. #d2ffff
  5. #ebffff

Shades

#85ffff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #85ffff
  2. #78e6e6
  3. #6acccc
  4. #5db3b3
  5. #509999
  6. #438080
  7. #356666
  8. #284d4d
  9. #1b3333
  10. #0d1a1a
  11. #000000

Tints

#85ffff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #85ffff
  2. #91ffff
  3. #9dffff
  4. #aaffff
  5. #b6ffff
  6. #c2ffff
  7. #ceffff
  8. #daffff
  9. #e7ffff
  10. #f3ffff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#85ffff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #85ffff
  2. #85f2f2
  3. #84e6e6
  4. #84d9d9
  5. #83cccc
  6. #83c0c0
  7. #82b3b3
  8. #82a6a6
  9. #819999
  10. #818d8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 17.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ececec ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cbf4f4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f1f5ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #dce5ff ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #38ffff ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cff9ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0f0ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #60ffff ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-85ffff {
  color: #85ffff;
}
Background
.bg-85ffff {
  background-color: #85ffff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-85ffff {
  border: 2px solid #85ffff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #85ffff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 133 255 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 180 100% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-85ffff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #85ffff, #85c2ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-85ffff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(133 255 255 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 2.36 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 5.02 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 5.09 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 5.09 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 7.18 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 7.61 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 8.29 #7a0000 Inverted #ececec Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#85ffff  rgb(133, 255, 255)  hsl(180, 100%, 76%)  Electric Blue
#ff8585  rgb(255, 133, 133)  hsl(0, 100%, 76%)  Light Coral
#ff85ff  rgb(255, 133, 255)  hsl(300, 100%, 76%)  Fuchsia Pink
#ffff85  rgb(255, 255, 133)  hsl(60, 100%, 76%)  Pastel Yellow