#55A3AF#55A3AF

#55A3AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.079 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A3AF
RGB	rgb(85, 163, 175)
HSL	hsl(188, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.69, -20.64, -13.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.69, 24.72, 213.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.04% -0.0691 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(67.04% 0.079 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5783, 31.2187, 45.2797)
Luminance	0.3122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A3AF #AF6155

analogous

#55AF8E #55A3AF #5576AF

triadic

#55A3AF #AF55A3 #A3AF55

tetradic

#55A3AF #8E55AF #AF6155 #76AF55

square

#55A3AF #8E55AF #AF6155 #76AF55

split-complementary

#55A3AF #AF5576 #AF8E55

monochromatic

#2C575E #407E87 #55A3AF #7FBAC3 #A8D0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#55A3AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#55A3AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A3AF

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A3AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A3AF	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979EB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8993AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18A9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a3af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 163, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.079 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbec6',
    500: '#55a3af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a3af;
$custom-light: #8cbec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a3af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67042,
    "c": 0.07869,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A3AF

secondary

#C4A19C

accent

#6B5CCC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A3AF

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

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