#85BCBC#85BCBC

#85BCBC is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.057 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BCBC
RGB	rgb(133, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(180, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, -17.77, -5.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 18.68, 197.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.055 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.057 196)
XYZ	xyz(36.7302, 44.5819, 54.2370)
Luminance	0.4458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BCBC #BC8585

analogous

#85BCA0 #85BCBC #85A0BC

triadic

#85BCBC #BC85BC #BCBC85

tetradic

#85BCBC #A085BC #BC8585 #A0BC85

square

#85BCBC #A085BC #BC8585 #A0BC85

split-complementary

#85BCBC #BC85A0 #BCA085

monochromatic

#468080 #5DA6A6 #85BCBC #ADD2D2 #D4E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#85BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#85BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BCBC

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BCBC	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71BFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.057 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aad0d0',
    500: '#85bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bcbc;
$custom-light: #aad0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 29.101,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75723,
    "c": 0.05722,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.44584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BCBC

secondary

#D8C4C4

accent

#3E3EA8

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#101414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BCBC

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

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