#85D5CD#85D5CD

#85D5CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.080 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85D5CD
RGB	rgb(133, 213, 205)
HSL	hsl(174, 49%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(174, 38%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 0%, 3.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, -26.32, -3.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 26.59, 188.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.93% -0.079 -0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(81.93% 0.08 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.4825, 56.9798, 66.4000)
Luminance	0.5698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85D5CD #D5858D

analogous

#85D5A5 #85D5CD #85B5D5

triadic

#85D5CD #CD85D5 #D5CD85

tetradic

#85D5CD #A585D5 #D5858D #B5D585

square

#85D5CD #A585D5 #D5858D #B5D585

split-complementary

#85D5CD #D585B5 #D5A585

monochromatic

#39A69B #57C5BA #85D5CD #B3E5E0 #E0F4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#85D5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#85D5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85D5CD

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85D5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85D5CD	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCDCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#67D9D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85d5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 213, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.080 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ace2dc',
    500: '#85d5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85d5cd;
$custom-light: #ace2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85d5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81925,
    "c": 0.07966,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85D5CD

secondary

#AA545C

accent

#2938BC

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #85D5CD

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

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