#55A3B2#55A3B2

#55A3B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.080 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A3B2
RGB	rgb(85, 163, 178)
HSL	hsl(190, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 8.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, -19.79, -15.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 24.92, 217.42°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% -0.0679 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.08 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.8762, 31.3378, 46.8487)
Luminance	0.3134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A3B2 #B26455

analogous

#55B293 #55A3B2 #5575B2

triadic

#55A3B2 #B255A3 #A3B255

tetradic

#55A3B2 #9355B2 #B26455 #75B255

square

#55A3B2 #9355B2 #B26455 #75B255

split-complementary

#55A3B2 #B25575 #B29355

monochromatic

#2C5861 #3F7F8B #55A3B2 #7FBAC5 #A9D1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#55A3B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#55A3B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A3B2

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A3B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A3B2	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979EB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8893B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13AAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a3b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 163, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.080 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbec9',
    500: '#55a3b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a3b2;
$custom-light: #8cbec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a3b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.677,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67155,
    "c": 0.07977,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A3B2

secondary

#C6A49D

accent

#6D5ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A3B2

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

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