#85BEC5#85BEC5

#85BEC5 is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.060 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BEC5
RGB	rgb(133, 190, 197)
HSL	hsl(187, 36%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(187, 32%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 3.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.44, -16.67, -9.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.44, 19.16, 209.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% -0.0539 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.06 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1610, 45.8425, 59.6502)
Luminance	0.4585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BEC5 #C58C85

analogous

#85C5AC #85BEC5 #859EC5

triadic

#85BEC5 #C585BE #BEC585

tetradic

#85BEC5 #AC85C5 #C58C85 #9EC585

square

#85BEC5 #AC85C5 #C58C85 #9EC585

split-complementary

#85BEC5 #C5859E #C5AC85

monochromatic

#43858D #5CA8B1 #85BEC5 #AED4D9 #D8EAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#85BEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#85BEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BEC5

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BEC5	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B9C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB1C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EC3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 190, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.060 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abd1d6',
    500: '#85bec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bec5;
$custom-light: #abd1d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.563,
    "s": 35.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7647,
    "c": 0.05975,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BEC5

secondary

#DECAC8

accent

#4437AE

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FA

border

#CED2D3

text

#101414

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BEC5

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

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