#85BBAD#85BBAD

#85BBAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.060 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BBAD
RGB	rgb(133, 187, 173)
HSL	hsl(164, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(164, 29%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 0%, 7.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -20.65, 1.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 20.70, 176.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.06 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.06 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9835, 43.5426, 46.0883)
Luminance	0.4354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BBAD #BB8593

analogous

#85BB92 #85BBAD #85AEBB

triadic

#85BBAD #AD85BB #BBAD85

tetradic

#85BBAD #9285BB #BB8593 #AEBB85

square

#85BBAD #9285BB #BB8593 #AEBB85

split-complementary

#85BBAD #BB85AE #BB9285

monochromatic

#477F70 #5EA593 #85BBAD #ACD1C7 #D4E7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#85BBAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#85BBAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BBAD

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BBAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BBAD	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADADAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bbad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 187, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.060 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aacfc5',
    500: '#85bbad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bbad;
$custom-light: #aacfc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bbad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.444,
    "s": 28.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75033,
    "c": 0.06011,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BBAD

secondary

#D8C4C9

accent

#3E5AA7

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BBAD

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

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