#85E4EF#85E4EF

#85E4EF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.091 H 205.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85E4EF
RGB	rgb(133, 228, 239)
HSL	hsl(186, 77%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(186, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 4.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.35, -25.35, -14.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.35, 29.03, 209.16°)
OKLab	oklab(86.4% -0.0827 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(86.4% 0.091 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.9903, 66.7012, 91.7268)
Luminance	0.6671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85E4EF #EF9085

analogous

#85EFC5 #85E4EF #85AFEF

triadic

#85E4EF #EF85E4 #E4EF85

tetradic

#85E4EF #C585EF #EF9085 #AFEF85

square

#85E4EF #C585EF #EF9085 #AFEF85

split-complementary

#85E4EF #EF85AF #EFC585

monochromatic

#1DC9DD #4FD8E8 #85E4EF #BBF0F6 #E4F9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#85E4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#85E4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85E4EF

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85E4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85E4EF	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6DDF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5D0EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50EBE7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85e4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 228, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.091 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeecf4',
    500: '#85e4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85e4ef;
$custom-light: #aeecf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85e4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.226,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86404,
    "c": 0.09138,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85E4EF

secondary

#CA5B4E

accent

#220CD9

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FDFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#111617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #85E4EF

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

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