#85ECDD#85ECDD

#85ECDD is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.099 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85ECDD
RGB	rgb(133, 236, 221)
HSL	hsl(171, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(171, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 0%, 6.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.09, -33.56, -2.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.09, 33.62, 183.57°)
OKLab	oklab(87.64% -0.0991 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(87.64% 0.099 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.7143, 70.1938, 79.1635)
Luminance	0.7020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85ECDD #EC8594

analogous

#85ECA9 #85ECDD #85C8EC

triadic

#85ECDD #DD85EC #ECDD85

tetradic

#85ECDD #A985EC #EC8594 #C8EC85

square

#85ECDD #A985EC #EC8594 #C8EC85

split-complementary

#85ECDD #EC85C8 #ECA985

monochromatic

#21D5BB #50E4CE #85ECDD #BAF4EC #E5FBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#85ECDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.04

#85ECDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85ECDD

15.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85ECDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85ECDD	1.00	1.40	15.04	15.04
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3E2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2D5DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59F0E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85ecdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 236, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.099 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aef2e7',
    500: '#85ecdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85ecdd;
$custom-light: #aef2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85ecdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.262,
    "s": 73.05,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87635,
    "c": 0.09925,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85ECDD

secondary

#C64F60

accent

#102DD5

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F8FEFC

border

#D1D6D5

text

#111716

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #85ECDD

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

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