#85c5b9

Color #85c5b9

A muted light green.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 15.92 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#85c5b9

RGB

rgb(133, 197, 185)

HSL

hsl(168.8, 35.6%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(168.8, 32.5%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(32.5%, 0%, 6.1%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(75.09, -23.02, -0.49)

LCH

lch(75.09, 23.03, 181.22)

OKLCH

oklch(77.7%, 0.0677, 181.44)

HWB

hwb(168.8, 52.2%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c58591

Analogous

#85c599

#85c5b9

#85b1c5

Triadic

#85c5b9

#b985c5

#c5b985

Split-complementary

#85c5b9

#c585b1

#c59985

Tetradic

#85c5b9

#8591c5

#c58591

#c5b985

Square

#85c5b9

#9985c5

#c58591

#b1c585

Shades

Color #85c5b9 mixed toward black.

#60b3a4

#479587

#357065

#234b43

#122522

Tints

Color #85c5b9 mixed toward white.

#99cfc5

#aed8d0

#c2e2dc

#d6ece8

#ebf5f3

Tones

Color #85c5b9 mixed toward gray.

#8ac0b6

#90bab2

#95b5af

#9ab0ac

#a0aaa8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a5bc · ΔE 25.7

Deuteranopia

#a19cbd · ΔE 28.8

Tritanopia

#89bebf · ΔE 5.9

Achromatopsia

#b9b9b9 · ΔE 19.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #85c5b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#85c5b9]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#85c5b9 (#85c5b9) is rgb(133, 197, 185) in RGB.

No, #85c5b9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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