#85CDC4#85CDC4

#85CDC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.073 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CDC4
RGB	rgb(133, 205, 196)
HSL	hsl(173, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(173, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 0%, 4.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.66, -24.48, -2.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.66, 24.63, 186.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.073 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.073 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.4644, 52.6321, 60.1880)
Luminance	0.5263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CDC4 #CD858E

analogous

#85CDA0 #85CDC4 #85B2CD

triadic

#85CDC4 #C485CD #CDC485

tetradic

#85CDC4 #A085CD #CD858E #B2CD85

square

#85CDC4 #A085CD #CD858E #B2CD85

split-complementary

#85CDC4 #CD85B2 #CDA085

monochromatic

#3F998E #5ABBAF #85CDC4 #B0DFD9 #DCF1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#85CDC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#85CDC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CDC4

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CDC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CDC4	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C6C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BCC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CD0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85cdc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 205, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.073 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abdcd5',
    500: '#85cdc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85cdc4;
$custom-light: #abdcd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85cdc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 41.86,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7983,
    "c": 0.0734,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CDC4

secondary

#9F5760

accent

#3141B5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CDC4

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

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