#85BCB2#85BCB2

#85BCB2 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.059 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BCB2
RGB	rgb(133, 188, 178)
HSL	hsl(169, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(169, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 0%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -20.05, -0.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 20.06, 182.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0592 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.059 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.6893, 44.1655, 48.7551)
Luminance	0.4417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BCB2 #BC858F

analogous

#85BC96 #85BCB2 #85AABC

triadic

#85BCB2 #B285BC #BCB285

tetradic

#85BCB2 #9685BC #BC858F #AABC85

square

#85BCB2 #9685BC #BC858F #AABC85

split-complementary

#85BCB2 #BC85AA #BC9685

monochromatic

#468076 #5DA699 #85BCB2 #ADD2CB #D4E7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#85BCB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#85BCB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BCB2

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BCB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BCB2	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B6B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAEB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bcb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 188, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.059 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aad0c9',
    500: '#85bcb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bcb2;
$custom-light: #aad0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bcb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.091,
    "s": 29.101,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75411,
    "c": 0.05922,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BCB2

secondary

#D8C4C8

accent

#3E51A8

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BCB2

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

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