#85BDBA#85BDBA

#85BDBA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.058 H 191.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BDBA
RGB	rgb(133, 189, 186)
HSL	hsl(177, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(177, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, -18.75, -4.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 19.24, 193.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.0571 -0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.058 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7304, 44.9250, 53.1808)
Luminance	0.4493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BDBA #BD8588

analogous

#85BD9E #85BDBA #85A4BD

triadic

#85BDBA #BA85BD #BDBA85

tetradic

#85BDBA #9E85BD #BD8588 #A4BD85

square

#85BDBA #9E85BD #BD8588 #A4BD85

split-complementary

#85BDBA #BD85A4 #BD9E85

monochromatic

#46827E #5DA8A4 #85BDBA #ADD2D0 #D4E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#85BDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#85BDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BDBA

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BDBA	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B7BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 189, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.058 191.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aad1ce',
    500: '#85bdba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bdba;
$custom-light: #aad1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.786,
    "s": 29.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75886,
    "c": 0.05834,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BDBA

secondary

#D9C5C6

accent

#3D43A8

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F9

border

#CED2D2

text

#101413

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BDBA

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

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