#85DCDC#85DCDC

#85DCDC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.084 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85DCDC
RGB	rgb(133, 220, 220)
HSL	hsl(180, 55%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(180, 40%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 0%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.56, -26.16, -8.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.56, 27.43, 197.51°)
OKLab	oklab(83.98% -0.0811 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(83.98% 0.084 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.1795, 61.3368, 76.9966)
Luminance	0.6134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85DCDC #DC8585

analogous

#85DCB1 #85DCDC #85B1DC

triadic

#85DCDC #DC85DC #DCDC85

tetradic

#85DCDC #B185DC #DC8585 #B1DC85

square

#85DCDC #B185DC #DC8585 #B1DC85

split-complementary

#85DCDC #DC85B1 #DCB185

monochromatic

#33B3B3 #55CECE #85DCDC #B5EAEA #E4F7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#85DCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#85DCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85DCDC

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85DCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85DCDC	1.00	1.58	13.27	13.27
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D4DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EE1DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85dcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 220, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.084 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ade7e6',
    500: '#85dcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85dcdc;
$custom-light: #ade7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85dcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83981,
    "c": 0.08419,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85DCDC

secondary

#B35252

accent

#2323C3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F7FCFC

border

#D0D5D5

text

#111616

muted

#818484

Preview Lab

Preview with #85DCDC

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

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