#85BCAC#85BCAC

#85BCAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.062 H 174.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BCAC
RGB	rgb(133, 188, 172)
HSL	hsl(163, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(163, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 0%, 8.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -21.37, 2.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 21.50, 173.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.0617 0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.062 174.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1000, 43.9298, 45.6516)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BCAC #BC8595

analogous

#85BC90 #85BCAC #85B1BC

triadic

#85BCAC #AC85BC #BCAC85

tetradic

#85BCAC #9085BC #BC8595 #B1BC85

square

#85BCAC #9085BC #BC8595 #B1BC85

split-complementary

#85BCAC #BC85B1 #BC9085

monochromatic

#46806F #5DA691 #85BCAC #ADD2C7 #D4E7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#85BCAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#85BCAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BCAC

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BCAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BCAC	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bcac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 188, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.062 174.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bcac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.545,
    "s": 29.101,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75232,
    "c": 0.06202,
    "h": 174.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BCAC

secondary

#D8C4CA

accent

#3E5DA8

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BCAC

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

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