#85BCA2#85BCA2

#85BCA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.069 H 163.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BCA2
RGB	rgb(133, 188, 162)
HSL	hsl(152, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(152, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 0%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -23.48, 7.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 24.63, 162.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0661 0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.069 163.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1755, 43.5600, 40.7826)
Luminance	0.4356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BCA2 #BC859F

analogous

#85BC86 #85BCA2 #85BBBC

triadic

#85BCA2 #A285BC #BCA285

tetradic

#85BCA2 #8685BC #BC859F #BBBC85

square

#85BCA2 #8685BC #BC859F #BBBC85

split-complementary

#85BCA2 #BC85BB #BC8685

monochromatic

#468065 #5DA684 #85BCA2 #ADD2C0 #D4E7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#85BCA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#85BCA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BCA2

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BCA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BCA2	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)

#BAB4A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AEA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 188, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.069 163.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aad0bd',
    500: '#85bca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bca2;
$custom-light: #aad0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.636,
    "s": 29.101,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74952,
    "c": 0.06882,
    "h": 163.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BCA2

secondary

#D8C4CE

accent

#3E70A8

background

#FAFCFB

surface

#F4F9F6

border

#CED2D0

text

#101412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BCA2

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

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