#85C8CA#85C8CA

#85C8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.068 H 198.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85C8CA
RGB	rgb(133, 200, 202)
HSL	hsl(182, 39%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(182, 34%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.2%, 1%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, -20.58, -7.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 21.98, 200.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% -0.0644 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.068 198.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.9841, 50.5568, 63.4645)
Luminance	0.5056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85C8CA #CA8785

analogous

#85CAA9 #85C8CA #85A5CA

triadic

#85C8CA #CA85C8 #C8CA85

tetradic

#85C8CA #A985CA #CA8785 #A5CA85

square

#85C8CA #A985CA #CA8785 #A5CA85

split-complementary

#85C8CA #CA85A5 #CAA985

monochromatic

#409294 #5AB5B7 #85C8CA #B0DBDD #DAEEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#85C8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#85C8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85C8CA

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85C8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85C8CA	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ACCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85c8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 200, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.068 198.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abd8da',
    500: '#85c8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85c8ca;
$custom-light: #abd8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85c8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.739,
    "s": 39.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78886,
    "c": 0.06778,
    "h": 198.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85C8CA

secondary

#9B5A58

accent

#3733B2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFB

border

#D0D4D4

text

#101414

muted

#818383

Preview Lab

Preview with #85C8CA

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →