#85CDCA#85CDCA

#85CDCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.072 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CDCA
RGB	rgb(133, 205, 202)
HSL	hsl(178, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(178, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 0%, 1.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.82, -23.08, -5.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.82, 23.76, 193.75°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% -0.0705 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.072 192.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1610, 52.9108, 63.8568)
Luminance	0.5291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CDCA #CD8588

analogous

#85CDA6 #85CDCA #85ACCD

triadic

#85CDCA #CA85CD #CDCA85

tetradic

#85CDCA #A685CD #CD8588 #ACCD85

square

#85CDCA #A685CD #CD8588 #ACCD85

split-complementary

#85CDCA #CD85AC #CDA685

monochromatic

#3F9995 #5ABBB7 #85CDCA #B0DFDD #DCF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#85CDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#85CDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CDCA

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CDCA	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BCCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#69D1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85cdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 205, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.072 192.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abdcda',
    500: '#85cdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85cdca;
$custom-light: #abdcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85cdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.5,
    "s": 41.86,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80017,
    "c": 0.07221,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CDCA

secondary

#9F575A

accent

#3136B5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CDCA

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

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