#85E5ED#85E5ED

#85E5ED is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.092 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85E5ED
RGB	rgb(133, 229, 237)
HSL	hsl(185, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(185, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 3.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.57, -26.34, -12.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.57, 29.27, 205.85°)
OKLab	oklab(86.56% -0.0846 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(86.56% 0.092 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.9724, 67.1354, 90.2713)
Luminance	0.6714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85E5ED #ED8D85

analogous

#85EDC1 #85E5ED #85B1ED

triadic

#85E5ED #ED85E5 #E5ED85

tetradic

#85E5ED #C185ED #ED8D85 #B1ED85

square

#85E5ED #C185ED #ED8D85 #B1ED85

split-complementary

#85E5ED #ED85B1 #EDC185

monochromatic

#20CAD8 #50DAE5 #85E5ED #BAF0F5 #E4F9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#85E5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#85E5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85E5ED

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85E5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85E5ED	1.00	1.46	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8DEEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6D0EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51ECE7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85e5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 229, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.092 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeedf2',
    500: '#85e5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85e5ed;
$custom-light: #aeedf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85e5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8656,
    "c": 0.09159,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85E5ED

secondary

#C7584F

accent

#1E0FD6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFE

border

#D1D6D6

text

#111617

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #85E5ED

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

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