#55AAA4#55AAA4

#55AAA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.083 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AAA4
RGB	rgb(85, 170, 164)
HSL	hsl(176, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 50%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 3.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.45, -27.18, -4.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.45, 27.61, 190.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.34% -0.082 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(68.34% 0.083 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8191, 33.3589, 40.2458)
Luminance	0.3336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AAA4 #AA555B

analogous

#55AA7A #55AAA4 #5585AA

triadic

#55AAA4 #A455AA #AAA455

tetradic

#55AAA4 #7A55AA #AA555B #85AA55

square

#55AAA4 #7A55AA #AA555B #85AA55

split-complementary

#55AAA4 #AA5585 #AA7A55

monochromatic

#2C5855 #41817D #55AAA4 #7EBEBA #A7D3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#55AAA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#55AAA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AAA4

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AAA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AAA4	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A2A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9498A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aaa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 170, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.083 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc3be',
    500: '#55aaa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aaa4;
$custom-light: #8cc3be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aaa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.765,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68344,
    "c": 0.0831,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AAA4

secondary

#C09A9D

accent

#5E66C9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AAA4

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

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