#55AAA9#55AAA9

#55AAA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.082 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AAA9
RGB	rgb(85, 170, 169)
HSL	hsl(179, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 50%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 0.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, -25.86, -7.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 26.89, 195.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% -0.0798 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.082 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2795, 33.5431, 42.6707)
Luminance	0.3355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AAA9 #AA5556

analogous

#55AA7E #55AAA9 #5581AA

triadic

#55AAA9 #A955AA #AAA955

tetradic

#55AAA9 #7E55AA #AA5556 #81AA55

square

#55AAA9 #7E55AA #AA5556 #81AA55

split-complementary

#55AAA9 #AA5581 #AA7E55

monochromatic

#2C5858 #418180 #55AAA9 #7EBEBE #A7D3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#55AAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#55AAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AAA9

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AAA9	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A3A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9298AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DAEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 170, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.082 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc3c2',
    500: '#55aaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aaa9;
$custom-light: #8cc3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.294,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68512,
    "c": 0.08239,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AAA9

secondary

#C09A9B

accent

#5E60C9

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AAA9

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

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