#85BCBE#85BCBE

#85BCBE is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.057 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BCBE
RGB	rgb(133, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(182, 30%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.67, -17.30, -6.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.67, 18.58, 201.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0542 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.057 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9473, 44.6687, 55.3803)
Luminance	0.4467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BCBE #BE8785

analogous

#85BEA3 #85BCBE #859FBE

triadic

#85BCBE #BE85BC #BCBE85

tetradic

#85BCBE #A385BE #BE8785 #9FBE85

square

#85BCBE #A385BE #BE8785 #9FBE85

split-complementary

#85BCBE #BE859F #BEA385

monochromatic

#468183 #5DA6A9 #85BCBE #ADD2D3 #D5E8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#85BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#85BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BCBE

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BCBE	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	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)

#B5B7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.057 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aad0d1',
    500: '#85bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bcbe;
$custom-light: #aad0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.105,
    "s": 30.481,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75788,
    "c": 0.05725,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BCBE

secondary

#DAC6C5

accent

#403CA9

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#101414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BCBE

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

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