#85E5EE#85E5EE

#85E5EE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.092 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85E5EE
RGB	rgb(133, 229, 238)
HSL	hsl(185, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(185, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 3.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.60, -26.09, -13.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.60, 29.26, 206.91°)
OKLab	oklab(86.59% -0.0842 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(86.59% 0.092 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.1189, 67.1940, 91.0429)
Luminance	0.6720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85E5EE #EE8E85

analogous

#85EEC3 #85E5EE #85B0EE

triadic

#85E5EE #EE85E5 #E5EE85

tetradic

#85E5EE #C385EE #EE8E85 #B0EE85

square

#85E5EE #C385EE #EE8E85 #B0EE85

split-complementary

#85E5EE #EE85B0 #EEC385

monochromatic

#1ECADA #4FDAE7 #85E5EE #BBF0F5 #E4F9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#85E5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#85E5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85E5EE

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85E5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85E5EE	1.00	1.45	14.44	14.44
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8DEEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6D0EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51ECE7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85e5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 229, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.092 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeedf3',
    500: '#85e5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85e5ee;
$custom-light: #aeedf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85e5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.143,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86594,
    "c": 0.09174,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85E5EE

secondary

#C9594F

accent

#1F0ED8

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFE

border

#D1D6D6

text

#111617

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #85E5EE

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

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