#85A899#85A899

#85A899 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.044 H 167.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85A899
RGB	rgb(133, 168, 153)
HSL	hsl(154, 17%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(154, 21%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 0%, 8.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, -15.10, 3.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 15.58, 165.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.0431 0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.044 167.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4237, 35.2908, 35.3923)
Luminance	0.3529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85A899 #A88594

analogous

#85A888 #85A899 #85A6A8

triadic

#85A899 #9985A8 #A89985

tetradic

#85A899 #8885A8 #A88594 #A6A885

square

#85A899 #8885A8 #A88594 #A6A885

split-complementary

#85A899 #A885A6 #A88885

monochromatic

#4A685B #648C7B #85A899 #A9C1B7 #CCDBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#85A899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#85A899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85A899

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85A899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85A899	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09E9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7EA8A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85a899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 168, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.044 167.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9c2b7',
    500: '#85a899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85a899;
$custom-light: #a9c2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85a899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.286,
    "s": 16.746,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70112,
    "c": 0.04418,
    "h": 167.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85A899

secondary

#CBBEC3

accent

#6E8FB9

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F7F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101211

muted

#7F8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #85A899

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

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