Information about #85ACDA color

#85ACDA color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #85ACDA is classified in the Register under the Azure Color Family, with Moderate Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(133, 172, 218) — 52.2% red, 67.5% green, 85.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 33 / 18 / 0 / 15. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A confidently colored azure, #85ACDA appears airy and pastel-like. Expect to see shades like this in clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Light Cobalt Blue (#88ACE0). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Polo Blue (#8AA7CC) and Ruddy Blue (#76ABDF).

In RGB terms — rgb(133, 172, 218) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #85ACDA background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 8.9:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.4:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#85ACDA color variations

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#85ACDA color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #85ACDA

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Polo Blue color link
Polo Blue

#8AA7CC

Ruddy Blue color link
Ruddy Blue

#76ABDF

Vista Blue color link
Vista Blue

#7C9ED9

Mooni Blue color link
Mooni Blue

#95B5D6

Blake color link
Blake

#88A7C8

Light Azure color link
Light Azure

#8BB9E7

Ceil color link
Ceil

#92A1CF

Seagull color link
Seagull

#77B7D0

#85ACDA color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#85ACDA
  • RGB133, 172, 218
  • CMYK33, 18, 0, 15
  • CSSrgb(133, 172, 218)
  • HSL212°, 53%, 69%
  • HSL Precise212.471°, 53.459%, 68.824%
  • HSV212°, 39%, 85%
  • HSB212°, 39%, 85%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.522
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.675
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.855
  • GLSLvec3(0.522, 0.675, 0.855)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.522, 0.675, 0.855, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.522, 0.675, 0.855)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB52.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB67.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB85.5%
  • Color Family (Hue)Azure
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX ID85ACDA
  • DECIMAL ID8760538
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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