#55A9AF#55A9AF

#55A9AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.082 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55A9AF
RGB	rgb(85, 169, 175)
HSL	hsl(184, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 3.4%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, -23.72, -10.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 26.11, 204.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% -0.0761 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.082 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.6690, 33.4001, 45.6433)
Luminance	0.3340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55A9AF #AF5B55

analogous

#55AF88 #55A9AF #557CAF

triadic

#55A9AF #AF55A9 #A9AF55

tetradic

#55A9AF #8855AF #AF5B55 #7CAF55

square

#55A9AF #8855AF #AF5B55 #7CAF55

split-complementary

#55A9AF #AF557C #AF8855

monochromatic

#2C5A5E #408287 #55A9AF #7FBEC3 #A8D3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#55A9AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#55A9AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55A9AF

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55A9AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55A9AF	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA3B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9098AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14AEAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55a9af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 169, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.082 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc3c6',
    500: '#55a9af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55a9af;
$custom-light: #8cc3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55a9af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68481,
    "c": 0.08183,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55A9AF

secondary

#C49F9C

accent

#635CCC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55A9AF

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

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