#85ECDC#85ECDC

#85ECDC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.100 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85ECDC
RGB	rgb(133, 236, 220)
HSL	hsl(171, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(171, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 0%, 6.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.07, -33.79, -1.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.07, 33.83, 182.73°)
OKLab	oklab(87.61% -0.0995 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(87.61% 0.1 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.5814, 70.1407, 78.4639)
Luminance	0.7015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85ECDC #EC8595

analogous

#85ECA9 #85ECDC #85C8EC

triadic

#85ECDC #DC85EC #ECDC85

tetradic

#85ECDC #A985EC #EC8595 #C8EC85

square

#85ECDC #A985EC #EC8595 #C8EC85

split-complementary

#85ECDC #EC85C8 #ECA985

monochromatic

#21D5B9 #50E4CD #85ECDC #BAF4EB #E5FBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#85ECDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.03

#85ECDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85ECDC

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85ECDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85ECDC	1.00	1.40	15.03	15.03
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4E2DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2D5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5AF0E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85ecdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 236, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.100 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aef2e6',
    500: '#85ecdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85ecdc;
$custom-light: #aef2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85ecdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.68,
    "s": 73.05,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87605,
    "c": 0.0996,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85ECDC

secondary

#C64F62

accent

#102FD5

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F8FEFC

border

#D1D6D5

text

#111716

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #85ECDC

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

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