#85C8AE#85C8AE

#85C8AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.078 H 168.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85C8AE
RGB	rgb(133, 200, 174)
HSL	hsl(157, 38%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(157, 34%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 0%, 13%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, -26.89, 6.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 27.62, 166.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% -0.0762 0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.078 168)
XYZ	xyz(37.9644, 49.3490, 47.5611)
Luminance	0.4935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85C8AE #C8859F

analogous

#85C88C #85C8AE #85C1C8

triadic

#85C8AE #AE85C8 #C8AE85

tetradic

#85C8AE #8C85C8 #C8859F #C1C885

square

#85C8AE #8C85C8 #C8859F #C1C885

split-complementary

#85C8AE #C885C1 #C88C85

monochromatic

#419172 #5BB592 #85C8AE #AFDBCA #D9EEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#85C8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#85C8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85C8AE

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85C8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85C8AE	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BFAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B7B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85c8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 200, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.078 168.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aad9c6',
    500: '#85c8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85c8ae;
$custom-light: #aad9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85c8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.716,
    "s": 37.853,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78046,
    "c": 0.07791,
    "h": 168
  },
  "luminance": 0.49351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85C8AE

secondary

#E0C9D2

accent

#3565B1

background

#FAFDFC

surface

#F4FAF8

border

#CED3D1

text

#101413

muted

#7F8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #85C8AE

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

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