#85C8BF#85C8BF

#85C8BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.069 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85C8BF
RGB	rgb(133, 200, 191)
HSL	hsl(172, 38%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(172, 34%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 0%, 4.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, -23.15, -2.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 23.26, 185.55°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.0689 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.069 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7278, 50.0543, 56.8482)
Luminance	0.5006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85C8BF #C8858E

analogous

#85C89D #85C8BF #85B0C8

triadic

#85C8BF #BF85C8 #C8BF85

tetradic

#85C8BF #9D85C8 #C8858E #B0C885

square

#85C8BF #9D85C8 #C8858E #B0C885

split-complementary

#85C8BF #C885B0 #C89D85

monochromatic

#419186 #5BB5A9 #85C8BF #AFDBD5 #D9EEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#85C8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#85C8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85C8BF

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85C8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85C8BF	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B8C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ECBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85c8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 200, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.069 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abd9d2',
    500: '#85c8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85c8bf;
$custom-light: #abd9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85c8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.94,
    "s": 37.853,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78539,
    "c": 0.06923,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85C8BF

secondary

#995961

accent

#3545B1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFB

border

#D0D4D4

text

#101414

muted

#818383

Preview Lab

Preview with #85C8BF

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

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