#85CDC2#85CDC2

#85CDC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.074 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CDC2
RGB	rgb(133, 205, 194)
HSL	hsl(171, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(171, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 0%, 5.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, -24.94, -1.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 25.00, 183.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.0738 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.074 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2383, 52.5417, 58.9971)
Luminance	0.5254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CDC2 #CD8590

analogous

#85CD9E #85CDC2 #85B4CD

triadic

#85CDC2 #C285CD #CDC285

tetradic

#85CDC2 #9E85CD #CD8590 #B4CD85

square

#85CDC2 #9E85CD #CD8590 #B4CD85

split-complementary

#85CDC2 #CD85B4 #CD9E85

monochromatic

#3F998B #5ABBAC #85CDC2 #B0DFD8 #DCF1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#85CDC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#85CDC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CDC2

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CDC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CDC2	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C5C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABCC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CD0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85cdc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 205, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.074 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abdcd4',
    500: '#85cdc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85cdc2;
$custom-light: #abdcd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85cdc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.833,
    "s": 41.86,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79769,
    "c": 0.07401,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CDC2

secondary

#9F5762

accent

#3145B5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CDC2

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

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