#85CEBC#85CEBC

#85CEBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.078 H 176.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CEBC
RGB	rgb(133, 206, 188)
HSL	hsl(165, 43%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(165, 35%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.4%, 0%, 8.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.73, -26.78, 1.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.73, 26.84, 176.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.0776 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.078 176.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.8180, 52.7575, 55.5996)
Luminance	0.5276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CEBC #CE8597

analogous

#85CE98 #85CEBC #85BCCE

triadic

#85CEBC #BC85CE #CEBC85

tetradic

#85CEBC #9885CE #CE8597 #BCCE85

square

#85CEBC #9885CE #CE8597 #BCCE85

split-complementary

#85CEBC #CE85BC #CE9885

monochromatic

#3E9B84 #59BCA4 #85CEBC #B1E0D4 #DCF1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#85CEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#85CEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CEBC

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CEBC	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C6BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBCBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ED0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85cebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 206, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.078 176.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abddd0',
    500: '#85cebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85cebc;
$custom-light: #abddd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85cebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.205,
    "s": 42.69,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7982,
    "c": 0.07775,
    "h": 176.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CEBC

secondary

#A15769

accent

#3051B6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFB

border

#D0D5D4

text

#101514

muted

#818483

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CEBC

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

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