#85CED9#85CED9

#85CED9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.074 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85CED9
RGB	rgb(133, 206, 217)
HSL	hsl(188, 53%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(188, 39%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 5.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, -19.94, -12.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 23.61, 212.37°)
OKLab	oklab(80.74% -0.0657 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(80.74% 0.074 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.2641, 54.1359, 73.7490)
Luminance	0.5414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85CED9 #D99085

analogous

#85D9BA #85CED9 #85A4D9

triadic

#85CED9 #D985CE #CED985

tetradic

#85CED9 #BA85D9 #D99085 #A4D985

square

#85CED9 #BA85D9 #D99085 #A4D985

split-complementary

#85CED9 #D985A4 #D9BA85

monochromatic

#369EAE #56BBCA #85CED9 #B4E1E8 #E2F3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#85CED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#85CED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85CED9

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85CED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85CED9	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C9DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#62D4D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85ced9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 206, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.074 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acdde4',
    500: '#85ced9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85ced9;
$custom-light: #acdde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85ced9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.857,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80736,
    "c": 0.07427,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85CED9

secondary

#AF5F53

accent

#3A26C0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #85CED9

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

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