#85BDAF#85BDAF

#85BDAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.062 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BDAF
RGB	rgb(133, 189, 175)
HSL	hsl(165, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(165, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 0%, 7.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -21.22, 1.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 21.26, 176.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0617 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.062 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6058, 44.4751, 47.2576)
Luminance	0.4448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BDAF #BD8593

analogous

#85BD93 #85BDAF #85AFBD

triadic

#85BDAF #AF85BD #BDAF85

tetradic

#85BDAF #9385BD #BD8593 #AFBD85

square

#85BDAF #9385BD #BD8593 #AFBD85

split-complementary

#85BDAF #BD85AF #BD9385

monochromatic

#468273 #5DA895 #85BDAF #ADD2C9 #D4E8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#85BDAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#85BDAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BDAF

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BDAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BDAF	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B6AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAFB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bdaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 189, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.062 177.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bdaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 29.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75549,
    "c": 0.06182,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BDAF

secondary

#D9C5CA

accent

#3D58A8

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#101413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BDAF

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

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