#85BDAC#85BDAC

#85BDAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.063 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BDAC
RGB	rgb(133, 189, 172)
HSL	hsl(162, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(162, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 0%, 9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -21.87, 2.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 22.05, 172.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.063 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.063 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3144, 44.3585, 45.7230)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BDAC #BD8596

analogous

#85BD90 #85BDAC #85B2BD

triadic

#85BDAC #AC85BD #BDAC85

tetradic

#85BDAC #9085BD #BD8596 #B2BD85

square

#85BDAC #9085BD #BD8596 #B2BD85

split-complementary

#85BDAC #BD85B2 #BD9085

monochromatic

#46826F #5DA891 #85BDAC #ADD2C7 #D4E8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#85BDAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#85BDAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BDAC

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BDAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BDAC	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B6AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAFAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bdac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 189, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.063 173.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bdac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.786,
    "s": 29.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75461,
    "c": 0.06342,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BDAC

secondary

#D9C5CB

accent

#3D5EA8

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BDAC

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

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