#85C8CD#85C8CD

#85C8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.068 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85C8CD
RGB	rgb(133, 200, 205)
HSL	hsl(184, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(184, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, -19.85, -9.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 21.89, 204.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% -0.0632 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.068 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3427, 50.7003, 65.3534)
Luminance	0.5070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85C8CD #CD8A85

analogous

#85CDAE #85C8CD #85A4CD

triadic

#85C8CD #CD85C8 #C8CD85

tetradic

#85C8CD #AE85CD #CD8A85 #A4CD85

square

#85C8CD #AE85CD #CD8A85 #A4CD85

split-complementary

#85C8CD #CD85A4 #CDAE85

monochromatic

#3F9399 #5AB4BB #85C8CD #B0DCDF #DCEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#85C8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#85C8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85C8CD

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85C8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85C8CD	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69CDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85c8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 200, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.068 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abd8dc',
    500: '#85c8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85c8cd;
$custom-light: #abd8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85c8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.167,
    "s": 41.86,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78985,
    "c": 0.06804,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85C8CD

secondary

#9F5C57

accent

#3A31B5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #85C8CD

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

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