#85D8CD#85D8CD

#85D8CD is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.083 H 185.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85D8CD
RGB	rgb(133, 216, 205)
HSL	hsl(172, 52%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(172, 38%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 0%, 5.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.02, -27.78, -2.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.02, 27.89, 185.24°)
OKLab	oklab(82.61% -0.0825 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(82.61% 0.083 185)
XYZ	xyz(45.2440, 58.5030, 66.6539)
Luminance	0.5851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85D8CD #D88590

analogous

#85D8A3 #85D8CD #85B9D8

triadic

#85D8CD #CD85D8 #D8CD85

tetradic

#85D8CD #A385D8 #D88590 #B9D885

square

#85D8CD #A385D8 #D88590 #B9D885

split-complementary

#85D8CD #D885B9 #D8A385

monochromatic

#37AC9C #57C9BA #85D8CD #B3E7E0 #E2F6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#85D8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#85D8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85D8CD

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85D8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85D8CD	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#66DBD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85d8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 216, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.083 185.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ace4dc',
    500: '#85d8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85d8cd;
$custom-light: #ace4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85d8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.048,
    "s": 51.553,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82607,
    "c": 0.08286,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.58506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85D8CD

secondary

#AE535F

accent

#273BBF

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #85D8CD

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

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