#85BCAD#85BCAD

#85BCAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.061 H 175.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BCAD
RGB	rgb(133, 188, 173)
HSL	hsl(164, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(164, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 0%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, -21.15, 1.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 21.23, 175.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.0613 0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.061 175.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1964, 43.9684, 46.1593)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BCAD #BC8594

analogous

#85BC91 #85BCAD #85B0BC

triadic

#85BCAD #AD85BC #BCAD85

tetradic

#85BCAD #9185BC #BC8594 #B0BC85

square

#85BCAD #9185BC #BC8594 #B0BC85

split-complementary

#85BCAD #BC85B0 #BC9185

monochromatic

#468070 #5DA692 #85BCAD #ADD2C8 #D4E7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#85BCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#85BCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BCAD

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BCAD	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	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)

#B8B5AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bcad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 188, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.061 175.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aad0c5',
    500: '#85bcad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bcad;
$custom-light: #aad0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bcad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.636,
    "s": 29.101,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75262,
    "c": 0.06148,
    "h": 175.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BCAD

secondary

#D8C4CA

accent

#3E5BA8

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BCAD

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

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