#55A2AF#55A2AF

#55A2AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.078 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A2AF
RGB	rgb(85, 162, 175)
HSL	hsl(189, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 7.4%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.39, -20.12, -14.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.39, 24.55, 214.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% -0.068 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.078 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4015, 30.8650, 45.2208)
Luminance	0.3087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A2AF #AF6255

analogous

#55AF8F #55A2AF #5575AF

triadic

#55A2AF #AF55A2 #A2AF55

tetradic

#55A2AF #8F55AF #AF6255 #75AF55

square

#55A2AF #8F55AF #AF6255 #75AF55

split-complementary

#55A2AF #AF5575 #AF8F55

monochromatic

#2C565E #407D87 #55A2AF #7FB9C3 #A8D0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#55A2AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#55A2AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A2AF

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A2AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A2AF	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969DB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8892AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19A8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a2af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 162, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.078 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbdc6',
    500: '#55a2af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a2af;
$custom-light: #8cbdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a2af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.667,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66803,
    "c": 0.07829,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A2AF

secondary

#C4A29C

accent

#6C5CCC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A2AF

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

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