#85E9EE#85E9EE

#85E9EE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.094 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85E9EE
RGB	rgb(133, 233, 238)
HSL	hsl(183, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(183, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 2.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.72, -28.03, -11.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.72, 30.32, 202.44°)
OKLab	oklab(87.49% -0.0887 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(87.49% 0.094 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.2384, 69.4331, 91.4161)
Luminance	0.6944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85E9EE #EE8A85

analogous

#85EEBE #85E9EE #85B4EE

triadic

#85E9EE #EE85E9 #E9EE85

tetradic

#85E9EE #BE85EE #EE8A85 #B4EE85

square

#85E9EE #BE85EE #EE8A85 #B4EE85

split-complementary

#85E9EE #EE85B4 #EEBE85

monochromatic

#1ED1DA #4FDFE7 #85E9EE #BBF3F5 #E4FAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#85E9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.89

#85E9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85E9EE

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85E9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85E9EE	1.00	1.41	14.89	14.89
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCE1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAD3EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FEFEA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85e9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 233, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.094 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aff0f3',
    500: '#85e9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85e9ee;
$custom-light: #aff0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85e9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.857,
    "s": 75.54,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87489,
    "c": 0.09426,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85E9EE

secondary

#C9544F

accent

#170ED8

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F8FEFE

border

#D1D6D6

text

#111617

muted

#818585

Preview Lab

Preview with #85E9EE

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

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