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#85D9D1

#85d9d1 ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#85d9d1 is a color from the teal family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.16% red, 85.1% green and 81.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 38.71% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.69% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 174.29°, with 52.5% saturation and 68.63% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 5.58.

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Web safe#99cccc
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Relative luminance0.5922

Complementary

  1. #85d9d1
  2. #d9858d

Split complementary

  1. #85d9d1
  2. #d985b7
  3. #d9a785

Analogous

  1. #85d9a7
  2. #85d9d1
  3. #85b7d9

Triadic

  1. #85d9d1
  2. #d185d9
  3. #d9d185

Tetradic

  1. #85d9d1
  2. #858dd9
  3. #d9858d
  4. #d9d185

Square

  1. #85d9d1
  2. #a785d9
  3. #d9858d
  4. #b7d985

Monochromatic

  1. #2f968c
  2. #4bc7bb
  3. #85d9d1
  4. #bfebe7
  5. #effaf9

Shades

#85d9d1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #85d9d1
  2. #78c3bc
  3. #6aaea7
  4. #5d9892
  5. #50827d
  6. #436d69
  7. #355754
  8. #28413f
  9. #1b2b2a
  10. #0d1615
  11. #000000

Tints

#85d9d1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #85d9d1
  2. #91ddd6
  3. #9de1da
  4. #aae4df
  5. #b6e8e3
  6. #c2ece8
  7. #cef0ed
  8. #daf4f1
  9. #e7f7f6
  10. #f3fbfa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#85d9d1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #85d9d1
  2. #85d0c9
  3. #84c7c1
  4. #84beb9
  5. #83b5b1
  6. #83ada9
  7. #82a4a0
  8. #829b98
  9. #819290
  10. #818988
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cacaca ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3d0cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1d1d1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c2c6d2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #64ddd6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b7d4d1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #adced2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #73dbd4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-85d9d1 {
  color: #85d9d1;
}
Background
.bg-85d9d1 {
  background-color: #85d9d1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-85d9d1 {
  border: 2px solid #85d9d1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #85d9d1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 133 217 209;
  --color-primary-hsl: 174 53% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-85d9d1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #85d9d1, #85b7d9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-85d9d1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(133 217 209 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 5.58 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 6.54 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 7.33 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 7.77 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 8.14 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 8.19 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 8.87 #7a262e Inverted #cacaca Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#85d9d1  rgb(133, 217, 209)  hsl(174, 53%, 69%)  Medium Turquoise
#d9858d  rgb(217, 133, 141)  hsl(354, 53%, 69%)  Puce
#d185d9  rgb(209, 133, 217)  hsl(294, 53%, 69%)  Orchid
#d9d185  rgb(217, 209, 133)  hsl(54, 53%, 69%)  Flax