#85BCBD#85BCBD

#85BCBD is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.057 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BCBD
RGB	rgb(133, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(181, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(181, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -17.54, -6.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 18.62, 199.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0546 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.057 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8383, 44.6251, 54.8067)
Luminance	0.4463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BCBD #BD8685

analogous

#85BDA2 #85BCBD #85A0BD

triadic

#85BCBD #BD85BC #BCBD85

tetradic

#85BCBD #A285BD #BD8685 #A0BD85

square

#85BCBD #A285BD #BD8685 #A0BD85

split-complementary

#85BCBD #BD85A0 #BDA285

monochromatic

#468082 #5DA6A8 #85BCBD #ADD2D2 #D4E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#85BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#85BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BCBD

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BCBD	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.057 197.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.071,
    "s": 29.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75756,
    "c": 0.05722,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BCBD

secondary

#D9C5C5

accent

#3F3DA8

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#101414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BCBD

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

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