#55AAA5#55AAA5

#55AAA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.083 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AAA5
RGB	rgb(85, 170, 165)
HSL	hsl(176, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 50%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 2.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.48, -26.92, -5.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.48, 27.45, 191.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% -0.0816 -0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.083 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9098, 33.3952, 40.7232)
Luminance	0.3340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AAA5 #AA555A

analogous

#55AA7B #55AAA5 #5584AA

triadic

#55AAA5 #A555AA #AAA555

tetradic

#55AAA5 #7B55AA #AA555A #84AA55

square

#55AAA5 #7B55AA #AA555A #84AA55

split-complementary

#55AAA5 #AA5584 #AA7B55

monochromatic

#2C5856 #41817D #55AAA5 #7EBEBB #A7D3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#55AAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#55AAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AAA5

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AAA5	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)

#A2A3A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9398A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aaa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 170, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.083 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc3bf',
    500: '#55aaa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aaa5;
$custom-light: #8cc3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aaa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.471,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68377,
    "c": 0.0829,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AAA5

secondary

#C09A9D

accent

#5E65C9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AAA5

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

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