#85CDCD#85CDCD

#85CDCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.072 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CDCD
RGB	rgb(133, 205, 205)
HSL	hsl(180, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(180, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 0%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.91, -22.37, -7.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.91, 23.48, 197.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% -0.0693 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.072 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.5197, 53.0542, 65.7457)
Luminance	0.5306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CDCD #CD8585

analogous

#85CDA9 #85CDCD #85A9CD

triadic

#85CDCD #CD85CD #CDCD85

tetradic

#85CDCD #A985CD #CD8585 #A9CD85

square

#85CDCD #A985CD #CD8585 #A9CD85

split-complementary

#85CDCD #CD85A9 #CDA985

monochromatic

#3F9999 #5ABBBB #85CDCD #B0DFDF #DCF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#85CDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#85CDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CDCD

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CDCD	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68D1CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85cdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 205, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.072 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acdcdc',
    500: '#85cdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85cdcd;
$custom-light: #acdcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85cdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 41.86,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80112,
    "c": 0.072,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CDCD

secondary

#9F5757

accent

#3131B5

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CDCD

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

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