#85CBAE#85CBAE

#85CBAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.082 H 166.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CBAE
RGB	rgb(133, 203, 174)
HSL	hsl(155, 40%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(155, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 14.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, -28.35, 7.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 29.33, 165.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% -0.08 0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.082 166.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6660, 50.7522, 47.7949)
Luminance	0.5075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CBAE #CB85A2

analogous

#85CB8B #85CBAE #85C5CB

triadic

#85CBAE #AE85CB #CBAE85

tetradic

#85CBAE #8B85CB #CB85A2 #C5CB85

square

#85CBAE #8B85CB #CB85A2 #C5CB85

split-complementary

#85CBAE #CB85C5 #CB8B85

monochromatic

#409672 #5AB992 #85CBAE #B0DDCA #DBF0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#85CBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#85CBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CBAE

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CBAE	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C2AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB9B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73CBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85cbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 203, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.082 166.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abdbc6',
    500: '#85cbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85cbae;
$custom-light: #abdbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85cbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.143,
    "s": 40.23,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78738,
    "c": 0.08229,
    "h": 166.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CBAE

secondary

#9C5874

accent

#3268B3

background

#FDFEFD

surface

#F7FBF9

border

#D0D4D2

text

#101513

muted

#818482

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CBAE

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

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