#85BCBA#85BCBA

#85BCBA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.057 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BCBA
RGB	rgb(133, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(178, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(178, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -18.24, -4.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 18.84, 194.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0558 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.057 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5161, 44.4962, 53.1094)
Luminance	0.4450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BCBA #BC8587

analogous

#85BC9E #85BCBA #85A2BC

triadic

#85BCBA #BA85BC #BCBA85

tetradic

#85BCBA #9E85BC #BC8587 #A2BC85

square

#85BCBA #9E85BC #BC8587 #A2BC85

split-complementary

#85BCBA #BC85A2 #BC9E85

monochromatic

#46807E #5DA6A4 #85BCBA #ADD2D0 #D4E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#85BCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#85BCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BCBA

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BCBA	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72BFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.057 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aad0ce',
    500: '#85bcba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bcba;
$custom-light: #aad0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.818,
    "s": 29.101,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75659,
    "c": 0.05733,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BCBA

secondary

#D8C4C5

accent

#3E42A8

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#101413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BCBA

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

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