#85CBCE#85CBCE

#85CBCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.070 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CBCE
RGB	rgb(133, 203, 206)
HSL	hsl(182, 43%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(182, 35%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 1.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.37, -21.13, -8.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.37, 22.76, 201.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.0664 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.07 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1654, 52.1520, 66.2250)
Luminance	0.5215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CBCE #CE8885

analogous

#85CEAD #85CBCE #85A7CE

triadic

#85CBCE #CE85CB #CBCE85

tetradic

#85CBCE #AD85CE #CE8885 #A7CE85

square

#85CBCE #AD85CE #CE8885 #A7CE85

split-complementary

#85CBCE #CE85A7 #CEAD85

monochromatic

#3E979B #59B8BC #85CBCE #B1DEE0 #DCF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#85CBCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#85CBCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CBCE

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CBCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CBCE	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68D0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85cbce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 203, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.070 199.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85cbce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.466,
    "s": 42.69,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79694,
    "c": 0.07038,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CBCE

secondary

#A15A57

accent

#3530B6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FBFC

border

#D0D4D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CBCE

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

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