#85CDC8#85CDC8

#85CDC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.072 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CDC8
RGB	rgb(133, 205, 200)
HSL	hsl(176, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(176, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 0%, 2.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.77, -23.55, -4.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.77, 24.01, 191.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.0713 -0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.073 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.9258, 52.8167, 62.6178)
Luminance	0.5282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CDC8 #CD858A

analogous

#85CDA4 #85CDC8 #85AECD

triadic

#85CDC8 #C885CD #CDC885

tetradic

#85CDC8 #A485CD #CD858A #AECD85

square

#85CDC8 #A485CD #CD858A #AECD85

split-complementary

#85CDC8 #CD85AE #CDA485

monochromatic

#3F9993 #5ABBB4 #85CDC8 #B0DFDC #DCF1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#85CDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#85CDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CDC8

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CDC8	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C6C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BCC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6AD1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85cdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 205, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.072 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abdcd8',
    500: '#85cdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85cdc8;
$custom-light: #abdcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85cdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.833,
    "s": 41.86,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79953,
    "c": 0.0725,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CDC8

secondary

#9F575C

accent

#313AB5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CDC8

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

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