#85CDCE#85CDCE

#85CDCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.072 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CDCE
RGB	rgb(133, 205, 206)
HSL	hsl(181, 43%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(181, 35%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 0.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.94, -22.13, -7.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.94, 23.41, 199.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.0689 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.072 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.6408, 53.1027, 66.3835)
Luminance	0.5311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CDCE #CE8685

analogous

#85CEAB #85CDCE #85A9CE

triadic

#85CDCE #CE85CD #CDCE85

tetradic

#85CDCE #AB85CE #CE8685 #A9CE85

square

#85CDCE #AB85CE #CE8685 #A9CE85

split-complementary

#85CDCE #CE85A9 #CEAB85

monochromatic

#3E999B #59BBBC #85CDCE #B1DFE0 #DCF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#85CDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#85CDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CDCE

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CDCE	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68D1CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85cdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 205, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.072 196.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85cdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.822,
    "s": 42.69,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80145,
    "c": 0.07199,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CDCE

secondary

#A15857

accent

#3230B6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CDCE

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

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