#85DCEC#85DCEC

#85DCEC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.087 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85DCEC
RGB	rgb(133, 220, 236)
HSL	hsl(189, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(189, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 6.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.03, -22.16, -16.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.03, 27.36, 215.89°)
OKLab	oklab(84.52% -0.0747 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(84.52% 0.087 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.4008, 62.2253, 88.6954)
Luminance	0.6223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85DCEC #EC9585

analogous

#85ECC8 #85DCEC #85A9EC

triadic

#85DCEC #EC85DC #DCEC85

tetradic

#85DCEC #C885EC #EC9585 #A9EC85

square

#85DCEC #C885EC #EC9585 #A9EC85

split-complementary

#85DCEC #EC85A9 #ECC885

monochromatic

#21B9D5 #50CDE4 #85DCEC #BAEBF4 #E5F7FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#85DCEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#85DCEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85DCEC

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85DCEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85DCEC	1.00	1.56	13.45	13.45
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED6ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC9EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54E3E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85dcec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 220, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.087 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aee7f2',
    500: '#85dcec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85dcec;
$custom-light: #aee7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85dcec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.32,
    "s": 73.05,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84518,
    "c": 0.08677,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85DCEC

secondary

#C6624F

accent

#2F10D5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111616

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #85DCEC

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

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