#85BDAB#85BDAB

#85BDAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.064 H 172.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BDAB
RGB	rgb(133, 189, 171)
HSL	hsl(161, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(161, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 0%, 9.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, -22.09, 3.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 22.33, 171.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0635 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.064 172.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2187, 44.3203, 45.2191)
Luminance	0.4432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BDAB #BD8597

analogous

#85BD8F #85BDAB #85B3BD

triadic

#85BDAB #AB85BD #BDAB85

tetradic

#85BDAB #8F85BD #BD8597 #B3BD85

square

#85BDAB #8F85BD #BD8597 #B3BD85

split-complementary

#85BDAB #BD85B3 #BD8F85

monochromatic

#46826E #5DA890 #85BDAB #ADD2C6 #D4E8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#85BDAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#85BDAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BDAB

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BDAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BDAB	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B6AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAFAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bdab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 189, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.064 172.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aad1c4',
    500: '#85bdab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bdab;
$custom-light: #aad1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bdab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.714,
    "s": 29.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75433,
    "c": 0.06401,
    "h": 172.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BDAB

secondary

#D9C5CB

accent

#3D60A8

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BDAB

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

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