#85BDC8#85BDC8

#85BDC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.060 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BDC8
RGB	rgb(133, 189, 200)
HSL	hsl(190, 38%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(190, 34%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, -15.42, -11.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 19.15, 216.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0514 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.06 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2923, 45.5497, 61.4066)
Luminance	0.4555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BDC8 #C89085

analogous

#85C8B1 #85BDC8 #859BC8

triadic

#85BDC8 #C885BD #BDC885

tetradic

#85BDC8 #B185C8 #C89085 #9BC885

square

#85BDC8 #B185C8 #C89085 #9BC885

split-complementary

#85BDC8 #C8859B #C8B185

monochromatic

#418491 #5BA6B5 #85BDC8 #AFD4DB #D9EBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#85BDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#85BDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BDC8

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BDC8	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B9C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B0C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DC2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 189, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.060 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abd1d8',
    500: '#85bdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bdc8;
$custom-light: #abd1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.851,
    "s": 37.853,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76348,
    "c": 0.06009,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BDC8

secondary

#E0CDC9

accent

#4935B1

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#101414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BDC8

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

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