#85E5DC#85E5DC

#85E5DC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.092 H 187.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85E5DC
RGB	rgb(133, 229, 220)
HSL	hsl(174, 65%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(174, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 0%, 3.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.09, -30.49, -4.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.09, 30.83, 188.41°)
OKLab	oklab(86.02% -0.0915 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(86.02% 0.092 187.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.6054, 66.1887, 77.8053)
Luminance	0.6619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85E5DC #E5858E

analogous

#85E5AC #85E5DC #85BEE5

triadic

#85E5DC #DC85E5 #E5DC85

tetradic

#85E5DC #AC85E5 #E5858E #BEE585

square

#85E5DC #AC85E5 #E5858E #BEE585

split-complementary

#85E5DC #E585BE #E5AC85

monochromatic

#2AC6B7 #53DACE #85E5DC #B7F0EA #E6FAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#85E5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#85E5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85E5DC

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85E5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85E5DC	1.00	1.47	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCDCDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBCFDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CE9E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85e5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 229, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.092 187.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adede6',
    500: '#85e5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85e5dc;
$custom-light: #adede6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85e5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.375,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86016,
    "c": 0.09236,
    "h": 187.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85E5DC

secondary

#BE515B

accent

#192ACD

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F8FEFC

border

#D1D6D5

text

#111616

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #85E5DC

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

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