#55A4B0#55A4B0

#55A4B0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.079 H 208.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A4B0
RGB	rgb(85, 164, 176)
HSL	hsl(188, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 52%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 6.8%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.02, -20.88, -13.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.02, 24.95, 213.22°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% -0.0699 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.079 208.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8552, 31.6146, 45.8583)
Luminance	0.3162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A4B0 #B06155

analogous

#55B08E #55A4B0 #5576B0

triadic

#55A4B0 #B055A4 #A4B055

tetradic

#55A4B0 #8E55B0 #B06155 #76B055

square

#55A4B0 #8E55B0 #B06155 #76B055

split-complementary

#55A4B0 #B05576 #B08E55

monochromatic

#2C585F #3F7F88 #55A4B0 #7FBAC3 #A9D1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#55A4B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#55A4B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A4B0

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A4B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A4B0	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)

#989FB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A94B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16AAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a4b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 164, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.079 208.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbfc7',
    500: '#55a4b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a4b0;
$custom-light: #8cbfc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a4b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.912,
    "s": 36.546,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67319,
    "c": 0.07944,
    "h": 208.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A4B0

secondary

#C5A29C

accent

#6A5BCD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A4B0

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

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