#85E5EC#85E5EC

#85E5EC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.091 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85E5EC
RGB	rgb(133, 229, 236)
HSL	hsl(184, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(184, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.54, -26.59, -12.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.54, 29.29, 204.78°)
OKLab	oklab(86.53% -0.085 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(86.53% 0.091 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.8267, 67.0772, 89.5040)
Luminance	0.6708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85E5EC #EC8C85

analogous

#85ECC0 #85E5EC #85B1EC

triadic

#85E5EC #EC85E5 #E5EC85

tetradic

#85E5EC #C085EC #EC8C85 #B1EC85

square

#85E5EC #C085EC #EC8C85 #B1EC85

split-complementary

#85E5EC #EC85B1 #ECC085

monochromatic

#21C9D5 #50DAE4 #85E5EC #BAF0F4 #E5F9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#85E5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#85E5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85E5EC

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85E5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85E5EC	1.00	1.46	14.42	14.42
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8DDED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7D0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52EBE7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85e5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 229, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.091 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeedf2',
    500: '#85e5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85e5ec;
$custom-light: #aeedf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85e5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.078,
    "s": 73.05,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86527,
    "c": 0.09146,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85E5EC

secondary

#C6574F

accent

#1E10D5

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFE

border

#D1D6D6

text

#111616

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #85E5EC

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

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