#85A8A4#85A8A4

#85A8A4 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.039 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85A8A4
RGB	rgb(133, 168, 164)
HSL	hsl(173, 17%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(173, 21%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 0%, 2.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, -12.76, -1.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 12.90, 188.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0384 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.039 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3744, 35.6711, 40.3996)
Luminance	0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85A8A4 #A88589

analogous

#85A893 #85A8A4 #859BA8

triadic

#85A8A4 #A485A8 #A8A485

tetradic

#85A8A4 #9385A8 #A88589 #9BA885

square

#85A8A4 #9385A8 #A88589 #9BA885

split-complementary

#85A8A4 #A8859B #A89385

monochromatic

#4A6865 #648C87 #85A8A4 #A9C1BF #CCDBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#85A8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#85A8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85A8A4

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85A8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85A8A4	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A4A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9FA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7BAAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85a8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 168, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.039 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9c2be',
    500: '#85a8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85a8a4;
$custom-light: #a9c2be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85a8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.143,
    "s": 16.746,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70443,
    "c": 0.03872,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85A8A4

secondary

#CBBEBF

accent

#6E77B9

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F7F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101212

muted

#7F8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #85A8A4

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

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