#85CED5#85CED5

#85CED5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.073 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CED5
RGB	rgb(133, 206, 213)
HSL	hsl(185, 49%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(185, 38%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, -20.93, -10.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 23.50, 207.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% -0.0673 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.073 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.7501, 53.9304, 71.0421)
Luminance	0.5393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CED5 #D58C85

analogous

#85D5B4 #85CED5 #85A6D5

triadic

#85CED5 #D585CE #CED585

tetradic

#85CED5 #B485D5 #D58C85 #A6D585

square

#85CED5 #B485D5 #D58C85 #A6D585

split-complementary

#85CED5 #D585A6 #D5B485

monochromatic

#399DA6 #57BCC5 #85CED5 #B3E0E5 #E0F3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#85CED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#85CED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CED5

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CED5	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C8D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64D3D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85ced5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 206, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.073 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acdde1',
    500: '#85ced5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85ced5;
$custom-light: #acdde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85ced5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.25,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80601,
    "c": 0.07336,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CED5

secondary

#AA5B54

accent

#3629BC

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CED5

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

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