#55AAA8#55AAA8

#55AAA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.082 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AAA8
RGB	rgb(85, 170, 168)
HSL	hsl(179, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 50%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 1.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, -26.13, -6.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 27.02, 194.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% -0.0802 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.082 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1860, 33.5057, 42.1782)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AAA8 #AA5557

analogous

#55AA7D #55AAA8 #5582AA

triadic

#55AAA8 #A855AA #AAA855

tetradic

#55AAA8 #7D55AA #AA5557 #82AA55

square

#55AAA8 #7D55AA #AA5557 #82AA55

split-complementary

#55AAA8 #AA5582 #AA7D55

monochromatic

#2C5857 #418180 #55AAA8 #7EBEBD #A7D3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#55AAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#55AAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AAA8

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AAA8	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A3A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9398A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EAEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aaa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 170, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.082 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc3c1',
    500: '#55aaa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aaa8;
$custom-light: #8cc3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aaa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.588,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68478,
    "c": 0.08247,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AAA8

secondary

#C09A9B

accent

#5E61C9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AAA8

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

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