#85CBCD#85CBCD

#85CBCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.070 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CBCD
RGB	rgb(133, 203, 205)
HSL	hsl(182, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(182, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, -21.37, -7.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 22.81, 200.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% -0.0668 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.07 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.0443, 52.1035, 65.5873)
Luminance	0.5211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CBCD #CD8785

analogous

#85CDAB #85CBCD #85A7CD

triadic

#85CBCD #CD85CB #CBCD85

tetradic

#85CBCD #AB85CD #CD8785 #A7CD85

square

#85CBCD #AB85CD #CD8785 #A7CD85

split-complementary

#85CBCD #CD85A7 #CDAB85

monochromatic

#3F9699 #5AB8BB #85CBCD #B0DEDF #DCF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#85CBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#85CBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CBCD

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CBCD	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68D0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85cbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 203, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.070 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abdbdc',
    500: '#85cbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85cbcd;
$custom-light: #abdbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85cbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.667,
    "s": 41.86,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79661,
    "c": 0.07033,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CBCD

secondary

#9F5957

accent

#3431B5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CBCD

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

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