#85BCAE#85BCAE

#85BCAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.061 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BCAE
RGB	rgb(133, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(165, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(165, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -20.93, 1.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 20.98, 176.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.0609 0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.061 177)
XYZ	xyz(35.2935, 44.0072, 46.6708)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BCAE #BC8593

analogous

#85BC92 #85BCAE #85AFBC

triadic

#85BCAE #AE85BC #BCAE85

tetradic

#85BCAE #9285BC #BC8593 #AFBC85

square

#85BCAE #9285BC #BC8593 #AFBC85

split-complementary

#85BCAE #BC85AF #BC9285

monochromatic

#468071 #5DA694 #85BCAE #ADD2C8 #D4E7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#85BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#85BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BCAE

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BCAE	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.061 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aad0c6',
    500: '#85bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bcae;
$custom-light: #aad0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.727,
    "s": 29.101,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75291,
    "c": 0.06096,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.44009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BCAE

secondary

#D8C4CA

accent

#3E59A8

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BCAE

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

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