#85D8CE#85D8CE

#85D8CE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.083 H 186.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85D8CE
RGB	rgb(133, 216, 206)
HSL	hsl(173, 52%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(173, 38%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 0%, 4.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.04, -27.55, -3.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.04, 27.71, 186.30°)
OKLab	oklab(82.64% -0.0821 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(82.64% 0.083 186)
XYZ	xyz(45.3651, 58.5514, 67.2916)
Luminance	0.5856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85D8CE #D8858F

analogous

#85D8A4 #85D8CE #85B8D8

triadic

#85D8CE #CE85D8 #D8CE85

tetradic

#85D8CE #A485D8 #D8858F #B8D885

square

#85D8CE #A485D8 #D8858F #B8D885

split-complementary

#85D8CE #D885B8 #D8A485

monochromatic

#37AC9E #57C9BB #85D8CE #B3E7E1 #E2F6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#85D8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#85D8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85D8CE

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85D8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85D8CE	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C5CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65DBD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85d8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 216, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.083 186.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ace4dc',
    500: '#85d8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85d8ce;
$custom-light: #ace4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85d8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.771,
    "s": 51.553,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82637,
    "c": 0.08257,
    "h": 186
  },
  "luminance": 0.58555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85D8CE

secondary

#AE535E

accent

#2739BF

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#101515

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #85D8CE

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

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