#85AEAE#85AEAE

#85AEAE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.044 H 196.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85AEAE
RGB	rgb(133, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(180, 20%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(180, 24%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 0%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -13.70, -4.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 14.43, 198.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0424 -0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.044 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4466, 38.3133, 45.7218)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85AEAE #AE8585

analogous

#85AE99 #85AEAE #8599AE

triadic

#85AEAE #AE85AE #AEAE85

tetradic

#85AEAE #9985AE #AE8585 #99AE85

square

#85AEAE #9985AE #AE8585 #99AE85

split-complementary

#85AEAE #AE8599 #AE9985

monochromatic

#4A6F6F #629494 #85AEAE #AAC6C6 #CFDFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#85AEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#85AEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85AEAE

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85AEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85AEAE	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	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)

#A9AAAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A4AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85aeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.044 196.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9c6c6',
    500: '#85aeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85aeae;
$custom-light: #a9c6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85aeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 20.197,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72113,
    "c": 0.04412,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85AEAE

secondary

#CFC0C0

accent

#47479F

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F8

border

#CED1D1

text

#101313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #85AEAE

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

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