#85BDAE#85BDAE

#85BDAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.062 H 176.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BDAE
RGB	rgb(133, 189, 174)
HSL	hsl(164, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(164, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -21.44, 1.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 21.51, 175.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0622 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.062 176)
XYZ	xyz(35.5079, 44.4359, 46.7422)
Luminance	0.4444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BDAE #BD8594

analogous

#85BD92 #85BDAE #85B0BD

triadic

#85BDAE #AE85BD #BDAE85

tetradic

#85BDAE #9285BD #BD8594 #B0BD85

square

#85BDAE #9285BD #BD8594 #B0BD85

split-complementary

#85BDAE #BD85B0 #BD9285

monochromatic

#468272 #5DA894 #85BDAE #ADD2C8 #D4E8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#85BDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#85BDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BDAE

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BDAE	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B6AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAFAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 189, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.062 176.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aad1c6',
    500: '#85bdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bdae;
$custom-light: #aad1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.929,
    "s": 29.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7552,
    "c": 0.06233,
    "h": 176
  },
  "luminance": 0.44438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BDAE

secondary

#D9C5CA

accent

#3D5AA8

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BDAE

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

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