#55AAAE#55AAAE

#55AAAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.082 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AAAE
RGB	rgb(85, 170, 174)
HSL	hsl(183, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 2.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.75, -24.50, -9.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.75, 26.45, 202.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% -0.0776 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.082 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7579, 33.7344, 45.1902)
Luminance	0.3374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AAAE #AE5955

analogous

#55AE85 #55AAAE #557DAE

triadic

#55AAAE #AE55AA #AAAE55

tetradic

#55AAAE #8555AE #AE5955 #7DAE55

square

#55AAAE #8555AE #AE5955 #7DAE55

split-complementary

#55AAAE #AE557D #AE8555

monochromatic

#2C5A5D #408386 #55AAAE #7EBFC2 #A8D3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#55AAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#55AAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AAAE

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AAAE	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A3AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9198AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aaae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 170, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.082 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc3c6',
    500: '#55aaae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aaae;
$custom-light: #8cc3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aaae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.697,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68686,
    "c": 0.08237,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AAAE

secondary

#C39D9C

accent

#615CCB

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AAAE

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

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