#55A0AE#55A0AE

#55A0AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.077 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A0AE
RGB	rgb(85, 160, 174)
HSL	hsl(189, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.76, -19.36, -14.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.76, 24.15, 216.73°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% -0.0661 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.077 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.9541, 30.1268, 44.5889)
Luminance	0.3013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A0AE #AE6355

analogous

#55AE8F #55A0AE #5573AE

triadic

#55A0AE #AE55A0 #A0AE55

tetradic

#55A0AE #8F55AE #AE6355 #73AE55

square

#55A0AE #8F55AE #AE6355 #73AE55

split-complementary

#55A0AE #AE5573 #AE8F55

monochromatic

#2C555D #407B86 #55A0AE #7EB7C2 #A8CED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#55A0AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#55A0AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A0AE

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A0AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A0AE	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949BAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8691AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CA6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a0ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 160, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.077 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbcc6',
    500: '#55a0ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a0ae;
$custom-light: #8bbcc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a0ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.438,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66287,
    "c": 0.07718,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A0AE

secondary

#C3A29C

accent

#6E5CCB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A0AE

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

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