#85E5EA#85E5EA

#85E5EA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.091 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85E5EA
RGB	rgb(133, 229, 234)
HSL	hsl(183, 71%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(183, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 2.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.48, -27.09, -11.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.48, 29.36, 202.66°)
OKLab	oklab(86.46% -0.0858 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(86.46% 0.091 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.5378, 66.9616, 87.9823)
Luminance	0.6697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85E5EA #EA8A85

analogous

#85EABC #85E5EA #85B3EA

triadic

#85E5EA #EA85E5 #E5EA85

tetradic

#85E5EA #BC85EA #EA8A85 #B3EA85

square

#85E5EA #BC85EA #EA8A85 #B3EA85

split-complementary

#85E5EA #EA85B3 #EABC85

monochromatic

#24C8D1 #51DAE1 #85E5EA #B9F0F3 #E5F9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#85E5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#85E5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85E5EA

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85E5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85E5EA	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9DDEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7D0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53EBE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85e5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 229, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.091 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeedf0',
    500: '#85e5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85e5ea;
$custom-light: #aeedf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85e5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.97,
    "s": 70.629,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86461,
    "c": 0.09125,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85E5EA

secondary

#C45550

accent

#1C13D3

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFE

border

#D1D6D6

text

#111616

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #85E5EA

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

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