#85BCAB#85BCAB

#85BCAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.063 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BCAB
RGB	rgb(133, 188, 171)
HSL	hsl(161, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(161, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 0%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -21.59, 2.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 21.77, 172.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.0622 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.063 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0043, 43.8915, 45.1477)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BCAB #BC8596

analogous

#85BC8F #85BCAB #85B1BC

triadic

#85BCAB #AB85BC #BCAB85

tetradic

#85BCAB #8F85BC #BC8596 #B1BC85

square

#85BCAB #8F85BC #BC8596 #B1BC85

split-complementary

#85BCAB #BC85B1 #BC8F85

monochromatic

#46806E #5DA690 #85BCAB #ADD2C6 #D4E7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#85BCAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#85BCAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BCAB

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BCAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BCAB	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bcab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 188, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.063 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aad0c4',
    500: '#85bcab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bcab;
$custom-light: #aad0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bcab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.455,
    "s": 29.101,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75203,
    "c": 0.06259,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BCAB

secondary

#D8C4CB

accent

#3E5FA8

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BCAB

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

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