#55A5AF#55A5AF

#55A5AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.080 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A5AF
RGB	rgb(85, 165, 175)
HSL	hsl(187, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 5.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.29, -21.68, -12.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.29, 25.13, 210.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% -0.0715 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.08 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9362, 31.9345, 45.3990)
Luminance	0.3194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A5AF #AF5F55

analogous

#55AF8C #55A5AF #5578AF

triadic

#55A5AF #AF55A5 #A5AF55

tetradic

#55A5AF #8C55AF #AF5F55 #78AF55

square

#55A5AF #8C55AF #AF5F55 #78AF55

split-complementary

#55A5AF #AF5578 #AF8C55

monochromatic

#2C585E #407F87 #55A5AF #7FBBC3 #A8D1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#55A5AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#55A5AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A5AF

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A5AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A5AF	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9FB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B95AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17ABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a5af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 165, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.080 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc0c6',
    500: '#55a5af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a5af;
$custom-light: #8cc0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a5af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67521,
    "c": 0.07961,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A5AF

secondary

#C4A09C

accent

#685CCC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A5AF

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

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