#85CBCA#85CBCA

#85CBCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.070 H 194.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CBCA
RGB	rgb(133, 203, 202)
HSL	hsl(179, 40%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(179, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 0.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.26, -22.08, -6.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.26, 23.02, 196.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% -0.0681 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.07 194.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.6857, 51.9601, 63.6984)
Luminance	0.5196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CBCA #CB8586

analogous

#85CBA7 #85CBCA #85A9CB

triadic

#85CBCA #CA85CB #CBCA85

tetradic

#85CBCA #A785CB #CB8586 #A9CB85

square

#85CBCA #A785CB #CB8586 #A9CB85

split-complementary

#85CBCA #CB85A9 #CBA785

monochromatic

#409695 #5AB9B7 #85CBCA #B0DDDD #DBF0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#85CBCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#85CBCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CBCA

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CBCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CBCA	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BBCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ACFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85cbca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 203, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.070 194.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abdbda',
    500: '#85cbca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85cbca;
$custom-light: #abdbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85cbca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.143,
    "s": 40.23,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79564,
    "c": 0.07037,
    "h": 194.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CBCA

secondary

#9C5859

accent

#3234B3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFB

border

#D0D4D4

text

#101514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CBCA

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

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