#55A3AD#55A3AD

#55A3AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.078 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A3AD
RGB	rgb(85, 163, 173)
HSL	hsl(187, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 5.8%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.63, -21.20, -12.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.63, 24.66, 210.69°)
OKLab	oklab(66.97% -0.07 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(66.97% 0.078 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.3834, 31.1407, 44.2529)
Luminance	0.3114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A3AD #AD5F55

analogous

#55AD8B #55A3AD #5577AD

triadic

#55A3AD #AD55A3 #A3AD55

tetradic

#55A3AD #8B55AD #AD5F55 #77AD55

square

#55A3AD #8B55AD #AD5F55 #77AD55

split-complementary

#55A3AD #AD5577 #AD8B55

monochromatic

#2C565B #407D85 #55A3AD #7EB9C1 #A8D0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#55A3AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#55A3AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A3AD

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A3AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A3AD	1.00	2.91	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989EAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A93AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BA9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a3ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 163, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.078 206.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbec5',
    500: '#55a3ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a3ad;
$custom-light: #8cbec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a3ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.818,
    "s": 34.921,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66968,
    "c": 0.07813,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A3AD

secondary

#C2A09B

accent

#695DCB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A3AD

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

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