#85A5A9#85A5A9

#85A5A9 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.036 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85A5A9
RGB	rgb(133, 165, 169)
HSL	hsl(187, 17%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(187, 21%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 2.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, -10.04, -5.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 11.55, 209.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% -0.0321 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.036 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2874, 34.7603, 42.6420)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85A5A9 #A98985

analogous

#85A99B #85A5A9 #8593A9

triadic

#85A5A9 #A985A5 #A5A985

tetradic

#85A5A9 #9B85A9 #A98985 #93A985

square

#85A5A9 #9B85A9 #A98985 #93A985

split-complementary

#85A5A9 #A98593 #A99B85

monochromatic

#4A6669 #64898D #85A5A9 #A9BFC2 #CDDADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#85A5A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#85A5A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85A5A9

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85A5A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85A5A9	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A2A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AA8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85a5a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 165, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.036 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9bfc2',
    500: '#85a5a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85a5a9;
$custom-light: #a9bfc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85a5a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 17.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69929,
    "c": 0.03569,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85A5A9

secondary

#CCBFBE

accent

#766EBA

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F7F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #85A5A9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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