#85AEAD#85AEAD

#85AEAD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.044 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85AEAD
RGB	rgb(133, 174, 173)
HSL	hsl(179, 20%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(179, 24%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -13.93, -4.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 14.49, 196.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0428 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.044 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3494, 38.2744, 45.2103)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85AEAD #AE8586

analogous

#85AE99 #85AEAD #859AAE

triadic

#85AEAD #AD85AE #AEAD85

tetradic

#85AEAD #9985AE #AE8586 #9AAE85

square

#85AEAD #9985AE #AE8586 #9AAE85

split-complementary

#85AEAD #AE859A #AE9985

monochromatic

#4A6F6E #629493 #85AEAD #AAC6C6 #CFDFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#85AEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#85AEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85AEAD

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85AEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85AEAD	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AAAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85aead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 174, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.044 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9c6c5',
    500: '#85aead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85aead;
$custom-light: #a9c6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85aead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.537,
    "s": 20.197,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72081,
    "c": 0.04417,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85AEAD

secondary

#CFC0C0

accent

#47499F

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F8

border

#CED1D1

text

#101312

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #85AEAD

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

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