#85E6EF#85E6EF

#85E6EF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.092 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85E6EF
RGB	rgb(133, 230, 239)
HSL	hsl(185, 77%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(185, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 3.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.91, -26.32, -13.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.91, 29.50, 206.82°)
OKLab	oklab(86.85% -0.0849 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(86.85% 0.092 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.5437, 67.8079, 91.9113)
Luminance	0.6781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85E6EF #EF8E85

analogous

#85EFC3 #85E6EF #85B1EF

triadic

#85E6EF #EF85E6 #E6EF85

tetradic

#85E6EF #C385EF #EF8E85 #B1EF85

square

#85E6EF #C385EF #EF8E85 #B1EF85

split-complementary

#85E6EF #EF85B1 #EFC385

monochromatic

#1DCCDD #4FDBE8 #85E6EF #BBF1F6 #E4F9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#85E6EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#85E6EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85E6EF

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85E6EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85E6EF	1.00	1.44	14.56	14.56
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9DFF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7D1F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50EDE8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85e6ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 230, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.092 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeeef4',
    500: '#85e6ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85e6ef;
$custom-light: #aeeef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85e6ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.094,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86851,
    "c": 0.09249,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85E6EF

secondary

#CA594E

accent

#1E0CD9

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFE

border

#D1D6D6

text

#111617

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #85E6EF

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

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