#55A7B4#55A7B4

#55A7B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.082 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A7B4
RGB	rgb(85, 167, 180)
HSL	hsl(188, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(188, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 7.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.05, -21.30, -14.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.05, 25.69, 214.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% -0.0717 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.082 209)
XYZ	xyz(25.8000, 32.8617, 48.1545)
Luminance	0.3286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A7B4 #B46255

analogous

#55B492 #55A7B4 #5577B4

triadic

#55A7B4 #B455A7 #A7B455

tetradic

#55A7B4 #9255B4 #B46255 #77B455

square

#55A7B4 #9255B4 #B46255 #77B455

split-complementary

#55A7B4 #B45577 #B49255

monochromatic

#2C5B63 #3E838D #55A7B4 #7FBDC7 #AAD3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#55A7B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#55A7B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A7B4

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A7B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A7B4	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA2B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C96B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09ADAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a7b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 167, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.082 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc1ca',
    500: '#55a7b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a7b4;
$custom-light: #8cc1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a7b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.211,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68185,
    "c": 0.08193,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.32864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A7B4

secondary

#C7A39E

accent

#6959CF

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A7B4

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

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