#55A3AC#55A3AC

#55A3AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.078 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A3AC
RGB	rgb(85, 163, 172)
HSL	hsl(186, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 51%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 5.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.59, -21.48, -12.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.59, 24.64, 209.33°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% -0.0704 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.078 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2870, 31.1021, 43.7452)
Luminance	0.3110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A3AC #AC5E55

analogous

#55AC89 #55A3AC #5577AC

triadic

#55A3AC #AC55A3 #A3AC55

tetradic

#55A3AC #8955AC #AC5E55 #77AC55

square

#55A3AC #8955AC #AC5E55 #77AC55

split-complementary

#55A3AC #AC5577 #AC8955

monochromatic

#2C565A #407D84 #55A3AC #7EB9C0 #A7D0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#55A3AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#55A3AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A3AC

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A3AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A3AC	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989DAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A93AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DA9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a3ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 163, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.078 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbec4',
    500: '#55a3ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a3ac;
$custom-light: #8cbec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a3ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.207,
    "s": 34.387,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66931,
    "c": 0.07789,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A3AC

secondary

#C29F9B

accent

#695DCA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A3AC

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

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