#55AAA0#55AAA0

#55AAA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.084 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AAA0
RGB	rgb(85, 170, 160)
HSL	hsl(173, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 50%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 5.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.34, -28.22, -2.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.34, 28.36, 185.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% -0.0838 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.084 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.4636, 33.2167, 38.3732)
Luminance	0.3322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AAA0 #AA555F

analogous

#55AA75 #55AAA0 #558AAA

triadic

#55AAA0 #A055AA #AAA055

tetradic

#55AAA0 #7555AA #AA555F #8AAA55

square

#55AAA0 #7555AA #AA555F #8AAA55

split-complementary

#55AAA0 #AA558A #AA7555

monochromatic

#2C5853 #41817A #55AAA0 #7EBEB7 #A7D3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#55AAA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#55AAA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AAA0

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AAA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AAA0	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A2A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9598A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aaa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 170, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.084 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc3bc',
    500: '#55aaa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aaa0;
$custom-light: #8bc3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aaa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.941,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68213,
    "c": 0.08415,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AAA0

secondary

#C09A9F

accent

#5E6BC9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AAA0

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

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