#85D5CE#85D5CE

#85D5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.079 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85D5CE
RGB	rgb(133, 213, 206)
HSL	hsl(175, 49%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(175, 38%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 0%, 3.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.20, -26.09, -4.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.20, 26.44, 189.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.96% -0.0785 -0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(81.96% 0.079 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.6036, 57.0283, 67.0378)
Luminance	0.5703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85D5CE #D5858C

analogous

#85D5A6 #85D5CE #85B4D5

triadic

#85D5CE #CE85D5 #D5CE85

tetradic

#85D5CE #A685D5 #D5858C #B4D585

square

#85D5CE #A685D5 #D5858C #B4D585

split-complementary

#85D5CE #D585B4 #D5A685

monochromatic

#39A69D #57C5BC #85D5CE #B3E5E0 #E0F4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#85D5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#85D5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85D5CE

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85D5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85D5CE	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC2CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66D9D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85d5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 213, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.079 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ace2dc',
    500: '#85d5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85d5ce;
$custom-light: #ace2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85d5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.75,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81956,
    "c": 0.07944,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85D5CE

secondary

#AA545B

accent

#2936BC

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #85D5CE

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

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