#85ECE2#85ECE2

#85ECE2 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.098 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85ECE2
RGB	rgb(133, 236, 226)
HSL	hsl(174, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(174, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 0%, 4.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.22, -32.38, -4.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.22, 32.69, 187.95°)
OKLab	oklab(87.79% -0.097 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(87.79% 0.098 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.3904, 70.4642, 82.7242)
Luminance	0.7047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85ECE2 #EC858F

analogous

#85ECAF #85ECE2 #85C2EC

triadic

#85ECE2 #E285EC #ECE285

tetradic

#85ECE2 #AF85EC #EC858F #C2EC85

square

#85ECE2 #AF85EC #EC858F #C2EC85

split-complementary

#85ECE2 #EC85C2 #ECAF85

monochromatic

#21D5C4 #50E4D5 #85ECE2 #BAF4EF #E5FBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#85ECE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.09

#85ECE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85ECE2

15.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85ECE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85ECE2	1.00	1.39	15.09	15.09
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2E2E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1D5E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56F0E9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85ece2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 236, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.098 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aef2eb',
    500: '#85ece2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85ece2;
$custom-light: #aef2eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85ece2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.175,
    "s": 73.05,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87785,
    "c": 0.09781,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85ECE2

secondary

#C64F5B

accent

#1023D5

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F8FEFD

border

#D1D6D5

text

#111716

muted

#818584

Preview Lab

Preview with #85ECE2

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

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