#85BCAF#85BCAF

#85BCAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.060 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BCAF
RGB	rgb(133, 188, 175)
HSL	hsl(166, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(166, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 0%, 6.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, -20.72, 0.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 20.73, 177.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.0604 0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.06 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3914, 44.0464, 47.1861)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BCAF #BC8592

analogous

#85BC93 #85BCAF #85ADBC

triadic

#85BCAF #AF85BC #BCAF85

tetradic

#85BCAF #9385BC #BC8592 #ADBC85

square

#85BCAF #9385BC #BC8592 #ADBC85

split-complementary

#85BCAF #BC85AD #BC9385

monochromatic

#468073 #5DA695 #85BCAF #ADD2C9 #D4E7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#85BCAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#85BCAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BCAF

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BCAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BCAF	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bcaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 188, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.060 178.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bcaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.818,
    "s": 29.101,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75321,
    "c": 0.06048,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BCAF

secondary

#D8C4C9

accent

#3E57A8

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BCAF

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

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