#85ECD4#85ECD4

#85ECD4 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.103 H 176.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85ECD4
RGB	rgb(133, 236, 212)
HSL	hsl(166, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(166, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 0%, 10.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.86, -35.63, 2.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.86, 35.70, 176.32°)
OKLab	oklab(87.37% -0.1029 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(87.37% 0.103 176.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.5472, 69.7270, 73.0169)
Luminance	0.6973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85ECD4 #EC859D

analogous

#85ECA0 #85ECD4 #85D1EC

triadic

#85ECD4 #D485EC #ECD485

tetradic

#85ECD4 #A085EC #EC859D #D1EC85

square

#85ECD4 #A085EC #EC859D #D1EC85

split-complementary

#85ECD4 #EC85D1 #ECA085

monochromatic

#21D5AB #50E4C1 #85ECD4 #BAF4E7 #E5FBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#85ECD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.95

#85ECD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85ECD4

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85ECD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85ECD4	1.00	1.41	14.95	14.95
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5E1D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4D4D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5EEFE5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85ecd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 236, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.103 176.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aef2e1',
    500: '#85ecd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85ecd4;
$custom-light: #aef2e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85ecd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.019,
    "s": 73.05,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87374,
    "c": 0.10301,
    "h": 176.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85ECD4

secondary

#C64F6B

accent

#103ED5

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F8FEFC

border

#D1D6D5

text

#111715

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #85ECD4

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

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