#55A5AD#55A5AD

#55A5AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.079 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A5AD
RGB	rgb(85, 165, 173)
HSL	hsl(185, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 4.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.22, -22.23, -11.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.22, 25.12, 207.73°)
OKLab	oklab(67.45% -0.0723 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(67.45% 0.079 204)
XYZ	xyz(24.7413, 31.8565, 44.3722)
Luminance	0.3186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A5AD #AD5D55

analogous

#55AD89 #55A5AD #5579AD

triadic

#55A5AD #AD55A5 #A5AD55

tetradic

#55A5AD #8955AD #AD5D55 #79AD55

square

#55A5AD #8955AD #AD5D55 #79AD55

split-complementary

#55A5AD #AD5579 #AD8955

monochromatic

#2C575B #407F85 #55A5AD #7EBBC1 #A8D1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#55A5AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#55A5AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A5AD

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A5AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A5AD	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9FAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C94AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AABA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a5ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 165, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.079 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc0c5',
    500: '#55a5ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a5ad;
$custom-light: #8cc0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a5ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 34.921,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67448,
    "c": 0.07917,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.31859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A5AD

secondary

#C29F9B

accent

#675DCB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A5AD

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

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