#85D5DC#85D5DC

#85D5DC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.079 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85D5DC
RGB	rgb(133, 213, 220)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(185, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 3.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.59, -22.71, -11.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.59, 25.31, 206.21°)
OKLab	oklab(82.41% -0.0728 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(82.41% 0.079 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.3806, 57.7391, 76.3970)
Luminance	0.5774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85D5DC #DC8C85

analogous

#85DCB8 #85D5DC #85AADC

triadic

#85D5DC #DC85D5 #D5DC85

tetradic

#85D5DC #B885DC #DC8C85 #AADC85

square

#85D5DC #B885DC #DC8C85 #AADC85

split-complementary

#85D5DC #DC85AA #DCB885

monochromatic

#33A9B3 #55C5CE #85D5DC #B5E5EA #E4F6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#85D5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#85D5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85D5DC

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85D5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85D5DC	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5FDBD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85d5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 213, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.079 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ade2e6',
    500: '#85d5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85d5dc;
$custom-light: #ade2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85d5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.828,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82406,
    "c": 0.07904,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85D5DC

secondary

#B35A52

accent

#2F23C3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101516

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #85D5DC

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

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