#85AEAF#85AEAF

#85AEAF is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.044 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85AEAF
RGB	rgb(133, 174, 175)
HSL	hsl(181, 21%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(181, 24%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 0.6%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -13.48, -5.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 14.38, 200.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.042 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.044 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5444, 38.3524, 46.2371)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85AEAF #AF8685

analogous

#85AF9B #85AEAF #8599AF

triadic

#85AEAF #AF85AE #AEAF85

tetradic

#85AEAF #9B85AF #AF8685 #99AF85

square

#85AEAF #9B85AF #AF8685 #99AF85

split-complementary

#85AEAF #AF8599 #AF9B85

monochromatic

#4A6F70 #629495 #85AEAF #AAC7C7 #CFDFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#85AEAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#85AEAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85AEAF

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85AEAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85AEAF	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AAAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A4AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85aeaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 174, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.044 198.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85aeaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.429,
    "s": 20.792,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72146,
    "c": 0.04414,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85AEAF

secondary

#D0C0C0

accent

#48469F

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F8F8

border

#CED1D1

text

#101313

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #85AEAF

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

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