#85ECDE#85ECDE

#85ECDE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.099 H 184.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85ECDE
RGB	rgb(133, 236, 222)
HSL	hsl(172, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(172, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 0%, 5.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.12, -33.32, -2.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.12, 33.42, 184.43°)
OKLab	oklab(87.66% -0.0986 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(87.66% 0.099 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.8479, 70.2473, 79.8673)
Luminance	0.7025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85ECDE #EC8593

analogous

#85ECAB #85ECDE #85C6EC

triadic

#85ECDE #DE85EC #ECDE85

tetradic

#85ECDE #AB85EC #EC8593 #C6EC85

square

#85ECDE #AB85EC #EC8593 #C6EC85

split-complementary

#85ECDE #EC85C6 #ECAB85

monochromatic

#21D5BD #50E4D0 #85ECDE #BAF4EC #E5FBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#85ECDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.05

#85ECDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85ECDE

15.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85ECDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85ECDE	1.00	1.40	15.05	15.05
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3E2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2D5DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59F0E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85ecde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 236, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.099 184.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aef2e8',
    500: '#85ecde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85ecde;
$custom-light: #aef2e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85ecde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.845,
    "s": 73.05,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87664,
    "c": 0.09892,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85ECDE

secondary

#C64F5F

accent

#102BD5

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F8FEFC

border

#D1D6D5

text

#111716

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #85ECDE

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

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