#55A4AF#55A4AF

#55A4AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.079 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A4AF
RGB	rgb(85, 164, 175)
HSL	hsl(187, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 6.3%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, -21.16, -13.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 24.92, 211.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.28% -0.0703 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(67.28% 0.079 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7566, 31.5752, 45.3391)
Luminance	0.3158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A4AF #AF6055

analogous

#55AF8D #55A4AF #5577AF

triadic

#55A4AF #AF55A4 #A4AF55

tetradic

#55A4AF #8D55AF #AF6055 #77AF55

square

#55A4AF #8D55AF #AF6055 #77AF55

split-complementary

#55A4AF #AF5577 #AF8D55

monochromatic

#2C585E #407E87 #55A4AF #7FBAC3 #A8D1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#55A4AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#55A4AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A4AF

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A4AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A4AF	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999FB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A94AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18AAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a4af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 164, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.079 207.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbfc6',
    500: '#55a4af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a4af;
$custom-light: #8cbfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a4af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.333,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67281,
    "c": 0.07914,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A4AF

secondary

#C4A19C

accent

#695CCC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A4AF

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

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