#85A285 colour

#85A285 is a greyish green close to CSS cadetblue. RGB 133, 162, 133, HSL 120, 13%, 58%. Black text passes AAA (7.50:1), white fails (2.80:1).

#85A285

Nearest CSS name: cadetblue #5f9ea0 (not an exact match)
Described as: a greyish green
Red, green, blue: 133, 162, 133
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.3252 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#85a285`
RGB	`rgb(133, 162, 133)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(52.2% 63.5% 52.2%)`
HSL	`hsl(120, 13.5%, 57.8%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(120, 17.9%, 63.5%)`
HWB	`hwb(120 52.2% 36.5%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(18%, 0%, 18%, 36%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(63.79% -14.8 11.66)`
OKLCH	`oklch(68.19% 0.053 144.97)`
Decimal	`8757893`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 2.80:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 7.50:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	2.80:1	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail
Black	7.50:1	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass

Black text is the better choice on #85A285 (7.50:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#90aa90 18%#9bb39b 27%#a6bba6 36%#b1c4b1 45%#bcccbc 55%#c8d5c8 64%#d3ddd3 73%#dee6de 82%#e9eee9 91%#f4f7f4

9%#799379 18%#6d856d 27%#617661 36%#556755 45%#495849 55%#3c4a3c 64%#303b30 73%#242c24 82%#181d18 91%#0c0f0c

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#85a285 #a285a2

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#94a285 #85a285 #85a294

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#85a285 #8585a2 #a28585

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#85a285 #9485a2 #a28594

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#85a285 #8594a2 #a285a2 #a29485

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#85a285 Protanopia#a39c83 Deuteranopia#9e9986 Tritanopia#82a09a Achromatopsia#9a9a9a

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

CSS

Text colour	`color: #85a285;`
Background	`background-color: #85a285;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #85a285;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(133 162 133 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #85a285;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #85a285, #506150);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #b6c7b6, #85a285);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #85a285; color: #000;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Convert #85A285 to other formats · Build a palette from it · Check contrast · All named colours

Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.